Chapter 7 of He that will not when he may is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of He that will not when he may is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham. “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.” “How do you do, my dear young lady? The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see. But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
Chapter 7 of He that will not when he may is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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how long something has existed
From this reading “But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.”
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading ““She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.””
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading ““She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.””
full of or giving praise
From this reading “The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading ““She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.””
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.”
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a young female
In this reading ““How do you do, my dear young lady?”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
how long something has existed
From this reading But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
(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 Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
dearly loved
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “How do you do, my dear young lady?
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How do you do, my dear young lady?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
full of or giving praise
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “My dear, this is Mrs. Lenny,” said Lady Markham.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, Lenny, you never told me how like she was to her father at her age.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “She has kindly taken us on her way to the north.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading The Colonel wrote me word about you all, praising you up, one more than another, and I thought I’d like to come and see.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How do you do, my dear young lady?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “How do you do, my dear young lady?
Chapter 7 of He that will not when he may by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 7 holds 204 sentences of He that will not when he may, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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