Chapter 29 of Diana is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 29 of Diana is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SUNSHINE. A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife. "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you." "Home? Is she dying, do you mean?"
Chapter 29 of Diana is here in full — 310 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
From this reading “"Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."”
English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
From this reading “"Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."”
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading “Is she dying, do you mean?"”
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.”
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading “A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “SUNSHINE.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."”
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.
In this reading “A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.”
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading “A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.”
In this reading “"Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."”
In this reading “"Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."”
In this reading “A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.”
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 A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Is she dying, do you mean?"
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading Is she dying, do you mean?"
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
the act of departing
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Is she dying, do you mean?"
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
the rays of the sun
From this reading SUNSHINE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A few days later, the minister came home one evening with a message for his wife.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Good old Mother Bartlett is going home, Diana, and she wants to see you."
Chapter 29 of Diana by Susan Warner holds 310 sentences, grouped into 62 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 29 holds 310 sentences of Diana, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Diana by Susan Warner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 310 sentences, grouped into 62 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.
Work through the 62 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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