Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

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With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town.

Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.

The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

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Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer Charles Felton Pidgin

Chapter XVI

Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

HIS FATHER'S FRIENDS It is the good fortune of some fatherless or motherless children to be adopted into good families where the natural love and care that have been denied them are supplied, as it were, by proxy. With young Quincy it was so, only much more so. It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town. Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends. The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

/hɪz ˈfɑːðərz frendz ɪt ɪz ðə ɡʊd ˈfɔːrtʃən ʌv sʌm ˈfɑːðərləs ɔːr ˈmʌðərlɪs ˈtʃɪldrən tuː biː əˈdɑːptɪd ˈɪntuː ɡʊd ˈfæməliz wer ðə ˈnætʃərəl lʌv ənd ker ðæt hæv bɪn dɪˈnaɪd ðem ɑːr səˈplaɪd æz ɪt wɜːr baɪ ˈprɑːksi/

Line 2

With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

/wɪð jʌŋ ˈkwɪnsi ɪt wɑːz soʊ ˈoʊnli mʌtʃ mɔːr soʊ/

Line 3

It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town.

/ɪt fel tuː hɪz lɑːt tuː biː əˈdɑːptɪd baɪ æn ɪnˈtaɪər taʊn/

Line 4

Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.

/ɪts ˈrezɪdənts hæd bɪn wɪð fjuː ɪkˈsepʃənz hɪz ˈfɑːðərz frendz/

Line 5

The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

/ðə sæd ˈstɔːri ʌv hɪz ˈfɑːðərz lɔːs æt siː wɑːz noʊn tuː ɔːl ənd ðə taʊnz hɑːrt wɔːrmd təˈwɔːrdz hɪm ðə taʊnz ɑːrmz wɜːr ˈoʊ.pən tuː emˈbreɪs hɪm ənd ker fɔːr hɪm/

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exceptions noun US /ɪkˈsepʃənz/

plural of “exception” — a deliberate act of omission

From this reading “Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.”

fatherless adjective US /ˈfɑːðərləs/

having no living father

From this reading “HIS FATHER'S FRIENDS It is the good fortune of some fatherless or motherless children to be adopted into good families where the natural love and care that have been denied them are supplied, as it were, by proxy.”

motherless adjective US /ˈmʌðərlɪs/

having no living or known mother

proxy noun US /ˈprɑːksi/

a person authorized to act for another

Quincy noun US /ˈkwɪnsi/

American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)

From this reading “With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.”

residents noun US /ˈrezɪdənts/

plural of “resident” — someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

From this reading “Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.”

town's noun US /taʊnz/

possessive form of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading “The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.”

warmed adjective US /wɔːrmd/

having been warmed up

From this reading “The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.”

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adoptedadjectiveUS /əˈdɑːptɪd/

acquired as your own by free choice

From this reading HIS FATHER'S FRIENDS It is the good fortune of some fatherless or motherless children to be adopted into good families where the natural love and care that have been denied them are supplied, as it were, by proxy.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

armsnounUS /ɑːrmz/

weapons considered collectively

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

carenounUS /ker/

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

childrennounUS /ˈtʃɪldrən/

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

deniedverbUS /dɪˈnaɪd/

inflected form of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict

embraceverbUS /emˈbreɪs/

include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

entireadjectiveUS /ɪnˈtaɪər/

constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

From this reading It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town.

exceptionsnounUS /ɪkˈsepʃənz/

plural of “exception” — a deliberate act of omission

From this reading Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.

familiesnounUS /ˈfæməliz/

plural of “family” — a social unit living together

FATHER'SnounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/

possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

fatherlessadjectiveUS /ˈfɑːðərləs/

having no living father

fellverbUS /fel/

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town.

fewadjectiveUS /fjuː/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

fortunenounUS /ˈfɔːrtʃən/

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

FRIENDSnounUS /frendz/

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

heartnounUS /hɑːrt/

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.

knownadjectiveUS /noʊn/

apprehended with certainty

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

lossnounUS /lɔːs/

something that is lost

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

lotnounUS /lɑːt/

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town.

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

motherlessadjectiveUS /ˈmʌðərlɪs/

having no living or known mother

muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

naturaladjectiveUS /ˈnætʃərəl/

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

proxynounUS /ˈprɑːksi/

a person authorized to act for another

QuincynounUS /ˈkwɪnsi/

American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

residentsnounUS /ˈrezɪdənts/

plural of “resident” — someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

From this reading Its residents had been, with few exceptions, his father's friends.

sadadjectiveUS /sæd/

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

seanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

storynounUS /ˈstɔːri/

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

suppliedverbUS /səˈplaɪd/

inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

townnounUS /taʊn/

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading It fell to his lot to be adopted by an entire town.

town'snounUS /taʊnz/

possessive form of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

warmedadjectiveUS /wɔːrmd/

having been warmed up

From this reading The sad story of his father's loss at sea was known to all, and the town's heart warmed towards him; the town's arms were open to embrace him, and care for him.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

youngadjectiveUS /jʌŋ/

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading With young Quincy it was so, only much more so.

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