Chapter 3 of An Accidental Honeymoon is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of An Accidental Honeymoon is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I was a little afraid you might forget your promise. No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away. You _did_ steal away, didn't you, ve-ry quietly?" "I did. I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
Chapter 3 of An Accidental Honeymoon is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “"I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.”
confined by bonds
From this reading “I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “"I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.”
make a promise or commitment
From this reading “"I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.”
with low volume
From this reading “You _did_ steal away, didn't you, ve-ry quietly?"”
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
From this reading “I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."”
past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."”
take without the owner's consent
From this reading “No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."”
leave furtively and stealthily
In this reading “No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.”
In this reading “I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
confined by bonds
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You _did_ steal away, didn't you, ve-ry quietly?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You _did_ steal away, didn't you, ve-ry quietly?"
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
not any; not one
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
with low volume
From this reading You _did_ steal away, didn't you, ve-ry quietly?"
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
take without the owner's consent
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
express in words
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You _did_ steal away, didn't you, ve-ry quietly?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
in or at the place that
From this reading I sailed away, at any rate, and I didn't tell a soul where I was bound."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, what I was really afraid of was that you wouldn't find a chance to steal away.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I was a little afraid you might forget your promise.
Chapter 3 of An Accidental Honeymoon by Edward Barron holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 3 holds 416 sentences of An Accidental Honeymoon, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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