Chapter 14 of Anne Severn and the Fieldings is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Anne Severn and the Fieldings is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her. She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home. "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?" "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse." He laughed.
Chapter 14 of Anne Severn and the Fieldings is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “"It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “He laughed.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.”
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “"It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
a farewell remark
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading He laughed.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?"
and nothing more
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jerrold was coming down the garden walk, looking for her.
(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 "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
in the company of; together with
From this reading She said good-bye to Maisie and turned to go with him home.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It was exactly what I thought it would be, only worse."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well," he said, "how did you and Maisie get on?"
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