Chapter 5 of Enchantment is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of Enchantment is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"That I shall." But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first. Otherwise it would be dangerous. I stood alone. It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
Chapter 5 of Enchantment is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.”
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading “Otherwise it would be dangerous.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.”
be the source of pain
From this reading “It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.”
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading “But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.”
in other respects or ways
From this reading “Otherwise it would be dangerous.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.”
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 stood alone.”
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I stood alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Otherwise it would be dangerous.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading Otherwise it would be dangerous.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
a young female
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
be the source of pain
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That I shall."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Otherwise it would be dangerous.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
in other respects or ways
From this reading Otherwise it would be dangerous.
on the contrary
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
To recall to mind.
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "That I shall."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading I stood alone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That I shall."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It rather hurt to think one girl should remember me and that the other should absolutely forget.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But I made up my mind that I should call on Nancy first.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Otherwise it would be dangerous.
Chapter 5 of Enchantment by Harold MacGrath holds 430 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 430 sentences of Enchantment, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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