Chapter 12 of Anne Page is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Anne Page is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes. Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.” She was silent. “When are you coming over to see your picture?” “This autumn.”
Chapter 12 of Anne Page is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading ““This autumn.””
of surpassing excellence
From this reading “Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.””
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading ““When are you coming over to see your picture?””
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading ““When are you coming over to see your picture?””
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.””
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.””
gallery where works of art can be displayed
From this reading “Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.””
marked by absence of sound
From this reading “She was silent.”
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.
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 Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “This autumn.”
of surpassing excellence
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
on one occasion
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
gallery where works of art can be displayed
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was silent.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading She was silent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This autumn.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was silent.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
at the time that
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Though you were once the queen of quite a brilliant salon.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “When are you coming over to see your picture?”
Chapter 12 of Anne Page by Netta Syrett holds 251 sentences, grouped into 51 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 12 holds 251 sentences of Anne Page, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Anne Page by Netta Syrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 251 sentences, grouped into 51 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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