Chapter 20 of Anthony Cragg's tenant is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Anthony Cragg's tenant is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do. Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me." This was three weeks later. Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge. Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
Chapter 20 of Anthony Cragg's tenant is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a state of sleep
From this reading “Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.”
lacking funds
From this reading “Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.”
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading “Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.”
rid of obstructions
From this reading “Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.”
a very small circular shape
From this reading “Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."”
the act of departing
From this reading “Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.”
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading “Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “This was three weeks later.”
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.
In this reading “This was three weeks later.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
in a state of sleep
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
lacking funds
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
rid of obstructions
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
a very small circular shape
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading This was three weeks later.
the act of departing
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
engage in
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
express in words
From this reading Tell me how I'm to make Dot love me."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dot was asleep, and Pattie had come to the sitting-room, leaving the new nursery-maid in charge.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was three weeks later.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading This was three weeks later.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was three weeks later.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading This was three weeks later.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Made Clear "PATTIE, I don't know what to do.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Cragg broke out with the above remark.
Chapter 20 of Anthony Cragg's tenant by Agnes Giberne holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 20 holds 153 sentences of Anthony Cragg's tenant, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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