Chapter 18 of Carolina Lee is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Carolina Lee is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A LETTER FROM KATE "NEW YORK. "DEAREST CAROLINA:--Great news! Three pieces of it. First, I have turned Christian Scientist! Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
Chapter 18 of Carolina Lee is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
From this reading “"DEAREST CAROLINA:--Great news!”
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading “First, I have turned Christian Scientist!”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “"DEAREST CAROLINA:--Great news!”
United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945)
From this reading “Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!”
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
From this reading “Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!”
widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
From this reading “Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!”
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
From this reading “First, I have turned Christian Scientist!”
English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
From this reading “Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!”
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.
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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 A LETTER FROM KATE "NEW YORK.
the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
From this reading "DEAREST CAROLINA:--Great news!
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading First, I have turned Christian Scientist!
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading "DEAREST CAROLINA:--Great news!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First, I have turned Christian Scientist!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A LETTER FROM KATE "NEW YORK.
United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945)
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "DEAREST CAROLINA:--Great news!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading First, I have turned Christian Scientist!
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading First, I have turned Christian Scientist!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Three pieces of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LETTER FROM KATE "NEW YORK.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading A LETTER FROM KATE "NEW YORK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
joined in matrimony
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A LETTER FROM KATE "NEW YORK.
information about recent and important events
From this reading "DEAREST CAROLINA:--Great news!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three pieces of it.
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading Three pieces of it.
widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
From this reading First, I have turned Christian Scientist!
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three pieces of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Second, Rosemary Goddard is married to the Honourable Lionel Spencer!
moved around an axis or center
From this reading First, I have turned Christian Scientist!
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading A LETTER FROM KATE "NEW YORK.
Chapter 18 of Carolina Lee by Lilian Bell holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 18 holds 158 sentences of Carolina Lee, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Carolina Lee by Lilian Bell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
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