Chapter 2 of Fernley House is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Fernley House is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton. "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief! I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself. Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
Chapter 2 of Fernley House is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading “I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.”
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!”
plural of “brat” — a very troublesome child
From this reading “Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “"Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!”
cause to come to know personally
From this reading “I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.”
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
From this reading “"Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “"Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!”
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(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 "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
plural of “brat” — a very troublesome child
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
dearly loved
From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
cause to come to know personally
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I am Grief, my dear; allow me to introduce myself.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
accept an excuse for
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading PEYTON'S COMPANION "Dear me!" said Mrs. Peyton.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Here is Patience, down off her monument, come all this way to smile at Grief!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, Margaret, and how do you get on without your brats--I beg pardon!
Chapter 2 of Fernley House by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 155 sentences, grouped into 31 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 155 sentences of Fernley House, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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