Chapter 5 of Courtin' Christina is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Courtin' Christina is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh!” said Christina. “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.” Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke. “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began. “For ony sake dinna speak like that.”
Chapter 5 of Courtin' Christina is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an old word for “before”
From this reading “Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.”
past form of “escort” — accompany as an escort
From this reading ““I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.”
an established custom
From this reading ““I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.”
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading ““For ony sake dinna speak like that.””
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.”
express in speech
From this reading ““For ony sake dinna speak like that.””
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading ““I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.””
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.
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In this reading ““I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.””
In this reading ““I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.”
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh!” said Christina.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “For ony sake dinna speak like that.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.
past form of “escort” — accompany as an escort
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.”
an established custom
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!” said Christina.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “For ony sake dinna speak like that.”
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh!” said Christina.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading “For ony sake dinna speak like that.”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.
express in speech
From this reading “For ony sake dinna speak like that.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Some seconds passed ere Christina spoke.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “For ony sake dinna speak like that.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I’m not in the habit of being escorted――――” she began.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.”
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “I’ll wait for ye as long as ye like.”
Chapter 5 of Courtin' Christina by J. J. (John Joy) Bell holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 428 sentences of Courtin' Christina, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Courtin' Christina by J. J. (John Joy) Bell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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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