Chapter 3 of Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas. They could not tear themselves away. Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts. “Seen Peggy lately?” Capt’n Davy would say.
Chapter 3 of Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading “Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.”
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading “Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.”
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.”
in the recent past
From this reading ““Seen Peggy lately?””
suggesting an unhealthy mental state
From this reading “Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.”
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.”
plural of “sweetheart” — a person loved by another person
From this reading “Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.”
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading “They could not tear themselves away.”
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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 Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They could not tear themselves away.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They could not tear themselves away.
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
in the recent past
From this reading “Seen Peggy lately?”
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
suggesting an unhealthy mental state
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They could not tear themselves away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Seen Peggy lately?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
express in words
From this reading Capt’n Davy would say.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Seen Peggy lately?”
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
plural of “servant” — a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
not in physical motion
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
plural of “sweetheart” — a person loved by another person
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading They could not tear themselves away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Morning and night the good souls were seized by a morbid curiosity about their servants’ sweethearts.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They could not tear themselves away.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They could not tear themselves away.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Six days passed as with feet of lead, and Capt’n Davy and Mrs. Quiggin were still in Douglas.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Capt’n Davy would say.
Chapter 3 of Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon by Hall, Sir Caine holds 311 sentences, grouped into 63 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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