Chapter 32 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 32 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A PRESCRIPTION. A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence. Where could she be gone? Was she ill? Had any accident befallen her on the road?
Chapter 32 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the state of being absent
From this reading “A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.”
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading “Had any accident befallen her on the road?”
inflected form of “befall” — become of; happen to
From this reading “Had any accident befallen her on the road?”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “Was she ill?”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.”
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
From this reading “A PRESCRIPTION.”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.”
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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 PRESCRIPTION.
the state of being absent
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading Had any accident befallen her on the road?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Had any accident befallen her on the road?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Where could she be gone?
inflected form of “befall” — become of; happen to
From this reading Had any accident befallen her on the road?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Where could she be gone?
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Where could she be gone?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had any accident befallen her on the road?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
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From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Was she ill?
of an obscure nature
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Had any accident befallen her on the road?
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
From this reading A PRESCRIPTION.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Had any accident befallen her on the road?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where could she be gone?
not in physical motion
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had any accident befallen her on the road?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was she ill?
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A week went by--a fortnight went by--and still Hortense prolonged her mysterious absence.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where could she be gone?
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