Chapter 11 of Dynevor Terrace is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Dynevor Terrace is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A HALTING PROPOSAL. Shallow. Will you upon good dowry, marry her? Slender. I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
Chapter 11 of Dynevor Terrace is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
From this reading “Will you upon good dowry, marry her?”
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading “I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.”
disabled in the feet or legs
From this reading “A HALTING PROPOSAL.”
take in marriage
From this reading “Will you upon good dowry, marry her?”
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
From this reading “A HALTING PROPOSAL.”
express the need or desire for
From this reading “I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.”
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading “Shallow.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “Slender.”
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 HALTING PROPOSAL.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
From this reading Will you upon good dowry, marry her?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Will you upon good dowry, marry her?
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
disabled in the feet or legs
From this reading A HALTING PROPOSAL.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Will you upon good dowry, marry her?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
take in marriage
From this reading Will you upon good dowry, marry her?
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
From this reading A HALTING PROPOSAL.
express the need or desire for
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading Shallow.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading Slender.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
a special situation
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Will you upon good dowry, marry her?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you upon good dowry, marry her?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Will you upon good dowry, marry her?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I will do a greater thing than that, upon your request.
Chapter 11 of Dynevor Terrace by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 11 holds 387 sentences of Dynevor Terrace, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Dynevor Terrace by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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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