Chapter 2 of Evelina is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Evelina is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove, March 8. Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health! You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
Chapter 2 of Evelina is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of continuing an activity without interruption
From this reading “You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.”
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading “VILLARS Howard Grove, March 8.”
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading “You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.”
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading “LADY HOWARD TO THE REV.”
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading “Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!”
a quantity that is added
From this reading “You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.”
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading “LADY HOWARD TO THE REV.”
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading “Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!”
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From this reading VILLARS Howard Grove, March 8.
later than; following
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
the act of continuing an activity without interruption
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading VILLARS Howard Grove, March 8.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading LADY HOWARD TO THE REV.
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
a quantity that is added
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY HOWARD TO THE REV.
immediately past
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
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 Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
march in a procession
From this reading VILLARS Howard Grove, March 8.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading LADY HOWARD TO THE REV.
term of address for a man
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LADY HOWARD TO THE REV.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LADY HOWARD TO THE REV.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VILLARS Howard Grove, March 8.
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have the hearty wishes of every individual of this place for its continuance and increase.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Dear and Rev. Sir, YOUR last letter gave me infinite pleasure: after so long and tedious an illness, how grateful to yourself and to your friends must be your returning health!
Chapter 2 of Evelina by Fanny Burney holds 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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 2 holds 44 sentences of Evelina, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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