Chapter 7 of Halfway House: A Comedy of Degrees is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Halfway House: A Comedy of Degrees is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.” “Did he like it?” Mary blushed. “I could hardly say. He spoke very highly of Mr. Germain.
Chapter 7 of Halfway House: A Comedy of Degrees is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading ““He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.””
past form of “blush” — turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading “Mary blushed.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading ““He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.””
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading ““He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.””
only a very short time before
From this reading ““I could hardly say.”
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading “He spoke very highly of Mr. Germain.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “Mary blushed.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading ““He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.””
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any person at all
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
past form of “blush” — turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading Mary blushed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could hardly say.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did he like it?”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He spoke very highly of Mr. Germain.
only a very short time before
From this reading “I could hardly say.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading He spoke very highly of Mr. Germain.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I could hardly say.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Did he like it?”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Did he like it?”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Mary blushed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading He spoke very highly of Mr. Germain.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
express in words
From this reading “I could hardly say.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
precisely as stated
From this reading He spoke very highly of Mr. Germain.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He spoke to me of my engagement, but not as anybody else would have done.”
Chapter 7 of Halfway House: A Comedy of Degrees by Maurice Hewlett holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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