Chapter 15 of Christie Redfern's Troubles is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Christie Redfern's Troubles is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole. He took it out and offered it to her. "Oh, I thank you! I didn't mean to ask for it. It will be company for me all day."
Chapter 15 of Christie Redfern's Troubles is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “I didn't mean to ask for it.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “It will be company for me all day."”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “I didn't mean to ask for it.”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “He took it out and offered it to her.”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “"Oh, I thank you!”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “He took it out and offered it to her.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
(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 It will be company for me all day."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He took it out and offered it to her.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I didn't mean to ask for it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be company for me all day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading It will be company for me all day."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It will be company for me all day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn't mean to ask for it.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I didn't mean to ask for it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took it out and offered it to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I thank you!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He took it out and offered it to her.
and nothing more
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It will be company for me all day."
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I didn't mean to ask for it.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading He took it out and offered it to her.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I thank you!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He took it out and offered it to her.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "Oh, I thank you!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Just then her eyes fell on a flower in his button-hole.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He took it out and offered it to her.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He took it out and offered it to her.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will be company for me all day."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, I thank you!
Chapter 15 of Christie Redfern's Troubles by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson holds 414 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 15 holds 414 sentences of Christie Redfern's Troubles, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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