Chapter 15 of Friendship and Folly: A Novel is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Friendship and Folly: A Novel is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE." Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays. It was summer again at Savin Hill. There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before. The year before?
Chapter 15 of Friendship and Folly: A Novel is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
From this reading “Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.”
plural of “delay” — time during which some action is awaited
From this reading “Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “"TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."”
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading “Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.”
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading “There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.”
procumbent or spreading juniper
From this reading “It was summer again at Savin Hill.”
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading “There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.”
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
From this reading “Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.”
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In this reading “Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.”
In this reading “"TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."”
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anew
From this reading It was summer again at Savin Hill.
(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 Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was summer again at Savin Hill.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
plural of “delay” — time during which some action is awaited
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading "TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading It was summer again at Savin Hill.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
and nothing more
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
procumbent or spreading juniper
From this reading It was summer again at Savin Hill.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."
precisely as stated
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was summer again at Savin Hill.
at the time that
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "TOO MUCH FOR ANY WOMAN TO FORGIVE."
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading There was the ocean in its splendor just as it had been the year before.
but in spite of that
From this reading Though summer comes very slowly to New England, it yet does come, and when it has fully arrived its sumptuous beauty makes amends for all delays.
Chapter 15 of Friendship and Folly: A Novel by Maria Louise Pool holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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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