Chapter 31 of Adrift in New York is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of Adrift in New York is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Florence Is Discharged. Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips. Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess. She rang the bell. "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
Chapter 31 of Adrift in New York is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
From this reading “Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.”
a lady's bedroom or private sitting room
From this reading “Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.”
pressed tightly together
From this reading “Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.”
having lost your job
From this reading “Florence Is Discharged.”
plural of “discovery” — the act of discovering something
From this reading “Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.”
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading “Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.”
-ing form of “respect” — regard highly; think much of
From this reading “Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.”
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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 Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading She rang the bell.
a lady's bedroom or private sitting room
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
pressed tightly together
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
having lost your job
From this reading Florence Is Discharged.
plural of “discovery” — the act of discovering something
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading Florence Is Discharged.
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
having much knowledge or education
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Florence Is Discharged.
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From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
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From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading She rang the bell.
-ing form of “respect” — regard highly; think much of
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Carter had called the previous afternoon and informed her of the astounding discoveries she had made respecting the governess.
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
at the time that
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Leighton sat in her boudoir with a stern face and tightly compressed lips.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Janet," she said, "when the governess comes you may bring her up here to me."
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