Chapter 11 of Ancestors: A Novel is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Ancestors: A Novel is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice. "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?" "Rarely. Won't you get out and stay to lunch?" "Tom would never forgive me.
Chapter 11 of Ancestors: A Novel is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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adopted in order to deceive
From this reading “She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.”
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading “She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.”
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “"I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “"Tom would never forgive me.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"”
befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman
From this reading “She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.”
not often
From this reading “"Rarely.”
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.
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move out of or depart from
In this reading “Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
adopted in order to deceive
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading "Tom would never forgive me.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
take the midday meal
From this reading Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"
befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tom would never forgive me.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
of an obscure nature
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Tom would never forgive me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"
not often
From this reading "Rarely.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"
express a supposition
From this reading "I suppose Mr. Gwynne does not call so early?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"
male cat
From this reading "Tom would never forgive me.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading She assumed a matronly and mysterious air and dropped her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Tom would never forgive me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Won't you get out and stay to lunch?"
Chapter 11 of Ancestors: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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