Chapter 2 of Aftermath Part second is here in full — 537 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Aftermath Part second is here in full — 537 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again. Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window: "Georgiana, I'm improving. I'm getting along." "What do you mean?" she asked.
Chapter 2 of Aftermath Part second is here in full — 537 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:”
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “"Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.”
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading “Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “I'm getting along."”
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading “"Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.”
getting higher or more vigorous
From this reading “"Georgiana, I'm improving.”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “"Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.”
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 “Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:”
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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 "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
anew
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading I'm getting along."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "What do you mean?" she asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you mean?" she asked.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Georgiana, I'm improving.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading I'm getting along."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Georgiana, I'm improving.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
getting higher or more vigorous
From this reading "Georgiana, I'm improving.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
engage in
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "What do you mean?" she asked.
in a joyous manner
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
on one occasion
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
and nothing more
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you mean?" she asked.
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 Bent on making it go merrily as long as I shall live, the following day I called out to her at the window:
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Then if I could only be the town well," she said, with a poor little effort to make a heavy heart all at once go merrily again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you mean?" she asked.
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