Chapter 26 of Heart and Science is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Heart and Science is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva. The governess read it, and handed it back in silence. “Have you nothing to say?” Carmina asked. “Nothing.
Chapter 26 of Heart and Science is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading “The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.”
having or involving the use of hands
From this reading “The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.”
plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction
From this reading “When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.”
(Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena
From this reading “When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.”
possessive form of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Carmina asked.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
having or involving the use of hands
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you nothing to say?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
(Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Have you nothing to say?”
above and across; more than
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
possessive form of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
express in words
From this reading “Have you nothing to say?”
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The governess read it, and handed it back in silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
at the time that
From this reading When the morning lessons were over, Carmina showed the priest’s letter to Miss Minerva.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you nothing to say?”
Chapter 26 of Heart and Science by Wilkie Collins holds 345 sentences, grouped into 69 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 345 sentences of Heart and Science, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Heart and Science by Wilkie Collins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 345 sentences, grouped into 69 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 69 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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