Chapter 23 of Chippinge Borough is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Chippinge Borough is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I am not afraid. My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.” And she tried to raise herself in the bed. Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her. “Mother,” she said.
Chapter 23 of Chippinge Borough is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I am not afraid.”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading “Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.”
set down according to a plan
From this reading “Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.””
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “And she tried to raise herself in the bed.”
cool and formal in manner
From this reading “Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.”
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
From this reading “My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.””
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 My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I am not afraid.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am not afraid.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am not afraid.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
set down according to a plan
From this reading Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Mother,” she said.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I am not afraid.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
cool and formal in manner
From this reading Mary laid gentle hands on her, and restrained her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Mother,” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading And she tried to raise herself in the bed.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading My neck is small, and it will be but a squeeze.”
Chapter 23 of Chippinge Borough by Stanley John Weyman holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 23 holds 412 sentences of Chippinge Borough, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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