Chapter 2 of Geoffrey Strong is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Geoffrey Strong is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth. "Is he not, Sister Vesta?" Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her. "Yes! oh, yes!" she said. "I consider him so.
Chapter 2 of Geoffrey Strong is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of waking
From this reading “Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.”
deem to be
From this reading “"I consider him so.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.”
unusual or striking
From this reading “THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.”
absentminded dreaming while awake
From this reading “Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.”
(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
From this reading “"Is he not, Sister Vesta?"”
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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 THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
the act of waking
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
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From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
deem to be
From this reading "I consider him so.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I consider him so.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I consider him so.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Is he not, Sister Vesta?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Yes! oh, yes!" she said.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
unusual or striking
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
absentminded dreaming while awake
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "Is he not, Sister Vesta?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I consider him so.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
From this reading "Is he not, Sister Vesta?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Miss Vesta came out of her reverie; not with a start,--she never started,--but with the quiet awakening, like that of a baby in the morning, that was peculiar to her.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes! oh, yes!" she said.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading THE YOUNG DOCTOR "And he certainly is a remarkable young man!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth.
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