Chapter 18 of Anne Severn and the Fieldings is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Anne Severn and the Fieldings is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jerrold was not a coward. He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die. She would have to tell him. She would go to him in the fields and tell him. But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
Chapter 18 of Anne Severn and the Fieldings is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.”
a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading “Jerrold was not a coward.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.”
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading “He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.”
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading “She would go to him in the fields and tell him.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.”
incapable of being retracted or revoked
From this reading “But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.”
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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 Jerrold was not a coward.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading Jerrold was not a coward.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading She would go to him in the fields and tell him.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She would go to him in the fields and tell him.
the act of departing
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She would have to tell him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She would have to tell him.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She would go to him in the fields and tell him.
incapable of being retracted or revoked
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jerrold was not a coward.
held dear
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
engage in
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Jerrold was not a coward.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
and nothing more
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
express in words
From this reading She would have to tell him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
a special situation
From this reading But before she did that she must make the thing irrevocable.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jerrold was not a coward.
(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 He was not afraid--well, only afraid of the people he loved getting ill and dying; and she was not going to get ill and die.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would have to tell him.
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