Chapter 15 of Barnaby: A Novel is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Barnaby: A Novel is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta. That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified. Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce. The journey to London had done her no harm. Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.
Chapter 15 of Barnaby: A Novel is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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hold firmly and tightly
From this reading “Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.”
special importance or significance
From this reading “That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.”
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.”
anything that tends to arouse
From this reading “Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “The journey to London had done her no harm.”
having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
From this reading “That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.”
a woman prophet
From this reading “That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.”
one who is absent from school without permission
From this reading “Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.”
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.
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In this reading “That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.”
In this reading “That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.”
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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 That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
hold firmly and tightly
From this reading Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading The journey to London had done her no harm.
special importance or significance
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.
anything that tends to arouse
From this reading Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading The journey to London had done her no harm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading The journey to London had done her no harm.
having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
immediately past
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading The journey to London had done her no harm.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
not any; not one
From this reading The journey to London had done her no harm.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
a woman prophet
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
on the contrary
From this reading Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.
recurring again and again
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Rather had all this excitement given her a fillip.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The journey to London had done her no harm.
one who is absent from school without permission
From this reading Still her clasp of the truant had been almost fierce.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading That had been her first word last night, and she repeated it with the emphasis of a prophetess justified.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I knew we should get you back," said Lady Henrietta.
Chapter 15 of Barnaby: A Novel by Rina Ramsay holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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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