Chapter 28 of Ingleside is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 of Ingleside is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENTS. ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously. The edifice was unlike any other in the town. It was of Gothic architecture. The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
Chapter 28 of Ingleside is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an architectural product or work
From this reading “It was of Gothic architecture.”
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading “ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.”
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “The edifice was unlike any other in the town.”
plural of “entertainment” — an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
From this reading “GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.”
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.”
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
From this reading “It was of Gothic architecture.”
marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter
From this reading “The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.”
with vigor; in a vigorous manner
From this reading “ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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glass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows
In this reading “The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading The edifice was unlike any other in the town.
an architectural product or work
From this reading It was of Gothic architecture.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading The edifice was unlike any other in the town.
plural of “entertainment” — an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
From this reading GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
From this reading It was of Gothic architecture.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was of Gothic architecture.
past form of “mention” — make reference to
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
used to form the superlative
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was of Gothic architecture.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The edifice was unlike any other in the town.
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading The edifice was unlike any other in the town.
marked by dissimilarity
From this reading The edifice was unlike any other in the town.
with vigor; in a vigorous manner
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The edifice was unlike any other in the town.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The walls were, as I have mentioned of native stone, the windows high, narrow, with stained glass.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading ALL this time the building committee in Grantbury were pressing on the work most vigorously.
Chapter 28 of Ingleside by Madeline Leslie holds 70 sentences, grouped into 14 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 28 holds 70 sentences of Ingleside, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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