Chapter 2 of Father Payne is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Father Payne is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All right!" said Vincent. "It's a bargain, then! Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow? There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again. But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.
Chapter 2 of Father Payne is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.”
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
From this reading “"It's a bargain, then!”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?”
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
From this reading “But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.”
an educational institution
From this reading “There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.”
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 "It's a bargain, then!
later than; following
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
anew
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All right!" said Vincent.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
used as intensifiers
From this reading But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
From this reading "It's a bargain, then!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
the act of departing
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a bargain, then!
and nothing more
From this reading But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
From this reading But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right!" said Vincent.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "All right!" said Vincent.
an educational institution
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "It's a bargain, then!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All right!" said Vincent.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading There are some things I want to buy, now that I'm going to school again.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But I'm awfully relieved--it's just what I want.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Will you be ready to go the day after to-morrow?
Chapter 2 of Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson holds 468 sentences, grouped into 94 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 468 sentences of Father Payne, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
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