Chapter 9 of Betty Trevor is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Betty Trevor is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work! That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?" CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. A BUNDLE OF LETTERS. _Miles Trevor to his Mother_.
Chapter 9 of Betty Trevor is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
From this reading “"Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!”
British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
From this reading “That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"”
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading “A BUNDLE OF LETTERS.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.”
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading “That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"”
a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
From this reading “That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"”
plural of “miracle” — any amazing or wonderful occurrence
From this reading “"Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!”
a rod used by a magician or water diviner
From this reading “That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
see with attention
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading A BUNDLE OF LETTERS.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Miles Trevor to his Mother_.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
the literary culture
From this reading A BUNDLE OF LETTERS.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading _Miles Trevor to his Mother_.
plural of “miracle” — any amazing or wonderful occurrence
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading _Miles Trevor to his Mother_.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BUNDLE OF LETTERS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
on one occasion
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Miles Trevor to his Mother_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
a rod used by a magician or water diviner
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That was Miss Beveridge once on a time, and you called her a frump and a fright, but the _real_ woman was that charming Mrs Digby, and the magician's wand has brought her to life?"
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Now behold for yourself what miracles love and home and appreciation can work!
Chapter 9 of Betty Trevor by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 9 holds 417 sentences of Betty Trevor, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Betty Trevor by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Betty Trevor by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4018 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21117 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #21117, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 334 minutes of reading across 804 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Betty Trevor section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 10 chapters of Betty Trevor to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Betty Trevor, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
