Chapter 3 of Henrietta's Wish is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Henrietta's Wish is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand. “A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.” “A bad one?” “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.” “How do you mean?
Chapter 3 of Henrietta's Wish is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat an early morning meal
From this reading ““Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.”
persuaded of; very sure
From this reading ““Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.””
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading ““Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.””
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading ““Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading ““A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.””
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading ““Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.”
a rapid and irregular heart beat
From this reading ““A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.””
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading ““Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.”
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
Having no one else present.
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.”
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “A bad one?”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
persuaded of; very sure
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How do you mean?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “How do you mean?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “A bad one?”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
a rapid and irregular heart beat
From this reading “A headache,” answered Henrietta, “and a palpitation.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
precisely as stated
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Where is Madame?” asked Frederick of his sister, as she entered the breakfast room alone the next morning with the key of the tea-chest in her hand.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, very; and I am afraid it is our fault, Freddy; I am convinced it will not do, and we must give it up.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How do you mean?
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