Chapter 24 of Chantry House is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Chantry House is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOVE AND OBEDIENCE. ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’ MRS. BROWNING. YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
Chapter 24 of Chantry House is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading “BROWNING.”
earlier in time; previously
From this reading “YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.”
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
From this reading “‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’”
the act of tarrying
From this reading “YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.”
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
From this reading “LOVE AND OBEDIENCE.”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’”
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.
(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 ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LOVE AND OBEDIENCE.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
From this reading BROWNING.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
earlier in time; previously
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
amount or degree or range to which something extends
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
the act of tarrying
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading LOVE AND OBEDIENCE.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
From this reading LOVE AND OBEDIENCE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
above and across; more than
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
by chance
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
except if; if not
From this reading ‘Unless he give me all in change I forfeit all things by him; The risk is terrible and strange.’
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading YOU will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
Chapter 24 of Chantry House by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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 24 holds 95 sentences of Chantry House, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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