Chapter 38 of Barford Abbey, a Novel is here in full — 30 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter 38 of Barford Abbey, a Novel is here in full — 30 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Miss DELVES to Mrs. DELVES. _Barford Abbey_. Are you well, Madam? Is my dear father well? Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
Chapter 38 of Barford Abbey, a Novel is here in full — 30 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a church associated with a monastery or convent
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Is my dear father well?”
third-person singular of “delve” — turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading “Miss DELVES to Mrs. DELVES.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “Are you well, Madam?”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Miss DELVES to Mrs. DELVES.”
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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 Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading _Barford Abbey_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you well, Madam?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Barford Abbey_.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
a female human offspring
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
dearly loved
From this reading Is my dear father well?
third-person singular of “delve” — turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading Miss DELVES to Mrs. DELVES.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Is my dear father well?
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is my dear father well?
a woman of refinement
From this reading Are you well, Madam?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss DELVES to Mrs. DELVES.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Miss DELVES to Mrs. DELVES.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Is my dear father well?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
express in words
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss DELVES to Mrs. DELVES.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
(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 Are you well, Madam?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you well, Madam?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tell me you are, and never was so happy a creature as your daughter.
Chapter 38 of Barford Abbey, a Novel by Mrs. (Susannah) Gunning holds 30 sentences, grouped into 6 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.
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