Chapter 14 of It Might Have Been is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of It Might Have Been is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler. "None, Madam. And yet I come to bring news of death." "Of whose death?" "Of the death of Oswald Louvaine, of Selwick Hall."
Chapter 14 of It Might Have Been is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “"No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “"No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “"No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “"No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “"None, Madam.”
United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
From this reading “"Of the death of Oswald Louvaine, of Selwick Hall."”
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “"No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “"No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.”
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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 "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet I come to bring news of death."
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading And yet I come to bring news of death."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And yet I come to bring news of death."
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading And yet I come to bring news of death."
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading "Of the death of Oswald Louvaine, of Selwick Hall."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Of the death of Oswald Louvaine, of Selwick Hall."
a woman of refinement
From this reading "None, Madam.
information about recent and important events
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
not any; not one
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
not one, and not any
From this reading "None, Madam.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And yet I come to bring news of death."
United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
From this reading "Of the death of Oswald Louvaine, of Selwick Hall."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Of the death of Oswald Louvaine, of Selwick Hall."
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Of the death of Oswald Louvaine, of Selwick Hall."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And yet I come to bring news of death."
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading "No ill news, David, I trust?" asked his grandmother, growing a shade paler.
belonging to which person
From this reading "Of whose death?"
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet I come to bring news of death."
Chapter 14 of It Might Have Been by Emily Sarah Holt holds 383 sentences, grouped into 77 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 14 holds 383 sentences of It Might Have Been, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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