Chapter 21 of Colonel Quaritch, V.C. is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Colonel Quaritch, V.C. is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR, GOOD-BYE!” When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head. So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey. And Harold Quaritch! Well, there must be an end to that.
Chapter 21 of Colonel Quaritch, V.C. is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exhale hard
From this reading “So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.”
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading “So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading “So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.”
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.”
a farewell remark
From this reading ““GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR, GOOD-BYE!””
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
From this reading “When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Well, there must be an end to that.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
exhale hard
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
dearly loved
From this reading “GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR, GOOD-BYE!”
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Well, there must be an end to that.
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
destroyed or killed
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
a farewell remark
From this reading “GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR, GOOD-BYE!”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And Harold Quaritch!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
joined in matrimony
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Well, there must be an end to that.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR, GOOD-BYE!”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And Harold Quaritch!
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, there must be an end to that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Well, there must be an end to that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So the blow had fallen, the deed was done, and she was engaged to be married to Edward Cossey.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, there must be an end to that.
at the time that
From this reading When Edward Cossey had gone, Ida rose and put her hands to her head.
Chapter 21 of Colonel Quaritch, V.C. by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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 21 holds 141 sentences of Colonel Quaritch, V.C., unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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