Chapter 2 of Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 is here in full — 588 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 is here in full — 588 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE. As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door. "Come in," he said. "I saw you coming. Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
Chapter 2 of Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 is here in full — 588 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
in the recent past
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading “Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come in," he said.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "I saw you coming.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
in the recent past
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Come in," he said.
cut with a saw
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I saw you coming.
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