Chapter 5 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAURA. I'm not a child, Julia. JULIA (_beautifully ignoring_). A little more coal, please, Hannah. (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
Chapter 5 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a beautiful manner
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading “A little more coal, please, Hannah.”
every person
From this reading “(_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?”
-ing form of “ignore” — refuse to acknowledge
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “A little more coal, please, Hannah.”
third-person singular of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading “(_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “(_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
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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 I'm not a child, Julia.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
in a beautiful manner
From this reading JULIA (_beautifully ignoring_).
a young person of either sex
From this reading I'm not a child, Julia.
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading A little more coal, please, Hannah.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
every person
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A little more coal, please, Hannah.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm not a child, Julia.
-ing form of “ignore” — refuse to acknowledge
From this reading JULIA (_beautifully ignoring_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm not a child, Julia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LAURA.
go away from a place
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A little more coal, please, Hannah.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading A little more coal, please, Hannah.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I'm not a child, Julia.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading A little more coal, please, Hannah.
third-person singular of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_Then to her sister as she pours out the tea_.) And how did you leave everybody?
Chapter 5 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian by Laurence Housman holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 426 sentences of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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