Chapter 9 of Countess Vera is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Countess Vera is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly. It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists. The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow. The ladies elect to remain at home. The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
Chapter 9 of Countess Vera is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 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.
offering little or no hope
From this reading “The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.”
plural of “charm” — attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
From this reading “The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.”
plural of “dawn” — the first light of day
From this reading “The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.”
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
From this reading “The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.”
select by a vote for an office or membership
From this reading “The ladies elect to remain at home.”
possessive form of “ford” — United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading “The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.”
highly enthusiastic
From this reading “The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.”
plural of “mist” — a thin fog with condensation near the ground
From this reading “It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.”
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.
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “The ladies elect to remain at home.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.”
In this reading “The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.”
In this reading “The ladies elect to remain at home.”
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.
later than; following
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The ladies elect to remain at home.
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
offering little or no hope
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
plural of “charm” — attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
in an unhappy manner
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
plural of “dawn” — the first light of day
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
From this reading The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.
select by a vote for an office or membership
From this reading The ladies elect to remain at home.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
possessive form of “ford” — United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.
highly enthusiastic
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The ladies elect to remain at home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading The ladies elect to remain at home.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
a room where books are kept
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
plural of “mist” — a thin fog with condensation near the ground
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is cool, and the air is full of floating mists.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading The ladies elect to remain at home.
the season of growth
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The glowing fire in the library has more charms than the bleak, spring air.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day after Lady Ford's ball dawns cheerlessly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gentlemen determine to go out anyhow.
Chapter 9 of Countess Vera by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 9 holds 148 sentences of Countess Vera, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Countess Vera by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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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