Chapter 11 of Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The house feels very odd to-night. So do I. It feels haunted. So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot. I have the strangest desire to cry. It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
Chapter 11 of Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading “The house feels very odd to-night.”
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading “So do I. It feels haunted.”
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading “It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.”
not divisible by two
From this reading “The house feels very odd to-night.”
censure severely or angrily
From this reading “So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.”
superlative of “strange” — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “I have the strangest desire to cry.”
past form of “toil” — work hard
From this reading “It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.”
In this reading “It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.”
In this reading “The house feels very odd to-night.”
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.
(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 It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I have the strangest desire to cry.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading I have the strangest desire to cry.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading So do I. It feels haunted.
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading The house feels very odd to-night.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading So do I. It feels haunted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have the strangest desire to cry.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The house feels very odd to-night.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So do I. It feels haunted.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So do I. It feels haunted.
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 It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
not divisible by two
From this reading The house feels very odd to-night.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
censure severely or angrily
From this reading So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So do I. It feels haunted.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
superlative of “strange” — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading I have the strangest desire to cry.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The house feels very odd to-night.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The house feels very odd to-night.
past form of “toil” — work hard
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
precisely as stated
From this reading The house feels very odd to-night.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
which person or people
From this reading It is the thought that you came this long way, toiled up this long hill, waited those long hours, all to see some one who is glad to have missed you, that makes me want to.
but in spite of that
From this reading So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So do I. I want to scold you, and yet I cannot.
Chapter 11 of Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth Von Arnim holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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