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Chapter 10 of From a Bench in Our Square is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?" Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!" So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it. Luckily that is all that did come of it. What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
Chapter 10 of From a Bench in Our Square is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
From this reading “What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.”
your usual mood
From this reading “What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!"”
by good fortune
From this reading “Luckily that is all that did come of it.”
plural of “misfortune” — unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
From this reading “So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.”
plural of “unfortunate” — a person who suffers misfortune
From this reading “So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.”
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading “So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
(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 Luckily that is all that did come of it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!"
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Luckily that is all that did come of it.
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Luckily that is all that did come of it.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
your usual mood
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!"
by good fortune
From this reading Luckily that is all that did come of it.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
plural of “misfortune” — unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!"
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Said Annie Oombrella: "He is so lonely!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
plural of “unfortunate” — a person who suffers misfortune
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading So those two unfortunates united their misfortunes, and lo! happiness came of it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
which person or people
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Said Plooie: "Who will have a care of that little one if I have not?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What disposition the pair would have made of children, had any arrived, it is difficult to conjecture.
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