Chapter 20 of From Chart House to Bush Hut is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of From Chart House to Bush Hut is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARRIED. I got the wedding ring in Sydney. I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter. At last I came to one. Ah! a man here.
Chapter 20 of From Chart House to Bush Hut is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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self-consciously timid
From this reading “I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.”
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
From this reading “I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.”
a movement into or inward
From this reading “I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “MARRIED.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “I got the wedding ring in Sydney.”
do one's shopping
From this reading “I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.”
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading “I got the wedding ring in Sydney.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “I got the wedding ring in Sydney.”
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 “I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.”
In this reading “I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah! a man here.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last I came to one.
self-consciously timid
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
for the reason that
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At last I came to one.
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
a movement into or inward
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got the wedding ring in Sydney.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Ah! a man here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I got the wedding ring in Sydney.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I got the wedding ring in Sydney.
immediately past
From this reading At last I came to one.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Ah! a man here.
joined in matrimony
From this reading MARRIED.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At last I came to one.
a human being
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
on the contrary
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading I got the wedding ring in Sydney.
do one's shopping
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading I got the wedding ring in Sydney.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I got the wedding ring in Sydney.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading I got the wedding ring in Sydney.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I was always rather a bashful person, and I went from shop to shop without entering, because there were girls behind the counter.
Chapter 20 of From Chart House to Bush Hut by C. W. Bryde holds 57 sentences, grouped into 12 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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