Chapter 6 of Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II is here in full — 481 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II is here in full — 481 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?" "Yes," said Helbeck. "Have you told Laura?" "I will remind her that we expect him. It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."
Chapter 6 of Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II is here in full — 481 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading “It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."”
provide entertainment for
From this reading “It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “"Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “"Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"”
go away from a place
From this reading “It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."”
put in the mind of someone
From this reading “"I will remind her that we expect him.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “"Have you told Laura?"”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes," said Helbeck.”
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From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."
provide entertainment for
From this reading It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you told Laura?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes," said Helbeck.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I will remind her that we expect him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I will remind her that we expect him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will remind her that we expect him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Have you told Laura?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
go away from a place
From this reading It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."
put in the mind of someone
From this reading "I will remind her that we expect him.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Yes," said Helbeck.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I will remind her that we expect him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is annoying that I must leave you to entertain him to-morrow."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "Have you told Laura?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I will remind her that we expect him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will remind her that we expect him.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," said Helbeck.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Alan! is it to-night you expect Father Leadham?"
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