Chapter 19 of Christina Alberta's father is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Christina Alberta's father is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Isn’t it a shame!” he said. “They went off with his clothes. Even his socks.” “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.” “Pure hold-up.
Chapter 19 of Christina Alberta's father is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 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.
clothing in general
From this reading ““They went off with his clothes.”
divisible by two
From this reading “Even his socks.””
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading ““They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.””
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ““They went off with his clothes.”
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading ““Pure hold-up.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.””
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading ““Isn’t it a shame!” he said.”
plural of “sock” — hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
From this reading “Even his socks.””
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.
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
In this reading ““They went off with his clothes.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Isn’t it a shame!” he said.
clothing in general
From this reading “They went off with his clothes.
divisible by two
From this reading Even his socks.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Isn’t it a shame!” he said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “They went off with his clothes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pure hold-up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Isn’t it a shame!” he said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Isn’t it a shame!” he said.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “They went off with his clothes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.”
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading “Pure hold-up.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Isn’t it a shame!” he said.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “Isn’t it a shame!” he said.
plural of “sock” — hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
From this reading Even his socks.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They went off with his clothes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “They went off with his clothes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They seem to have,” said Mrs. Plumer, “whoever they were.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “They went off with his clothes.
Chapter 19 of Christina Alberta's father by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 19 holds 418 sentences of Christina Alberta's father, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Christina Alberta's father by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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