Chapter 22 of From One Generation to Another is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of From One Generation to Another is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come. “That is just what I can't do. I cannot afford to wait.” Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room. Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
Chapter 22 of From One Generation to Another is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be able to spare or give up
From this reading “I cannot afford to wait.””
any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
From this reading “Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.”
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading “Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.”
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.”
on or to one side
From this reading “Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.”
depressingly dark
From this reading “Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.”
inflected form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come.
be able to spare or give up
From this reading I cannot afford to wait.”
any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
on or to one side
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That is just what I can't do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I cannot afford to wait.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “That is just what I can't do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
depressingly dark
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “That is just what I can't do.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That is just what I can't do.
and nothing more
From this reading “That is just what I can't do.
inflected form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
a male human offspring
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That is just what I can't do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I cannot afford to wait.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mother and son were alone in the vast, somewhat gloomy apartment.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “That is just what I can't do.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Arthur Agar drew in his neatly-shod little feet, and leant back in the deep chair which was always set aside as his in the Stagholme drawing-room.
a late time of life
From this reading ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ACROSS THE YEARS Across the years you seem to come.
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