Chapter 26 of Happy House is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVI
Chapter 26 of Happy House is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy! She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling. This was her grandfather--her own father's father! She was the real Anne Leavitt! Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
Chapter 26 of Happy House is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “clipping” — an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
From this reading “Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!”
Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)
From this reading “EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!”
-ing form of “fuss” — worry unnecessarily or excessively
From this reading “Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “This was her grandfather--her own father's father!”
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading “EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!”
affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste
From this reading “Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.”
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
From this reading “She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.”
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 “Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.”
temporarily
In this reading “EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!”
In this reading “This was her grandfather--her own father's father!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading She was the real Anne Leavitt!
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
plural of “clipping” — an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading This was her grandfather--her own father's father!
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading This was her grandfather--her own father's father!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
-ing form of “fuss” — worry unnecessarily or excessively
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
destroyed or killed
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
the father of your father or mother
From this reading This was her grandfather--her own father's father!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
a particular point in time
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
above and across; more than
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading This was her grandfather--her own father's father!
affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading She was the real Anne Leavitt!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
make steady
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was the real Anne Leavitt!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was her grandfather--her own father's father!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading EUGENE STANDBRIDGE LEAVITT For a moment Nancy thought she had gone quite crazy!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was her grandfather--her own father's father!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Aunt Sabrina was fussing over a note-book in which clippings had been pasted.
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
From this reading She put her hand to her head to steady its whirling.
Chapter 26 of Happy House by Jane Abbott holds 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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.
Chapter 26 holds 84 sentences of Happy House, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Happy House by Jane Abbott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 84 sentences, grouped into 17 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 17 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 17 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 26 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Happy House by Jane Abbott on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4201 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #32053 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #32053, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 350 minutes of reading across 841 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Happy House section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 29 chapters of Happy House to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Happy House, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
