Chapter 25 of How It All Came Round is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of How It All Came Round is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THREE FACTS. Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate. She was glad of this. She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid. "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
Chapter 25 of How It All Came Round is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.”
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “THREE FACTS.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.”
a female domestic
From this reading “She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.”
possessive form of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “"Ward, I am very tired and not very well.”
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading “"Ward, I am very tired and not very well.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading THREE FACTS.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading She was glad of this.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
a female domestic
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was glad of this.
above and across; more than
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
possessive form of “prince” — a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
successive (without a break)
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She was glad of this.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THREE FACTS.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Ward, I am very tired and not very well.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She went straight up to her own room and sent for her maid.
at the time that
From this reading Dinner was more than half over when she reached Prince's Gate.
Chapter 25 of How It All Came Round by L. T. Meade holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
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