Chapter 30 of It Never Can Happen Again is here in full — 698 sentences across 140 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of It Never Can Happen Again is here in full — 698 sentences across 140 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OF THE NEWS MR. ELPHINSTONE TOLD MRS. PROTHEROE. HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE. YOUNG MRS.
Chapter 30 of It Never Can Happen Again is here in full — 698 sentences across 140 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
From this reading “HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.”
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “ELPHINSTONE TOLD MRS.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “OF THE NEWS MR.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “ELPHINSTONE TOLD MRS.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “YOUNG MRS.”
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a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
From this reading HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELPHINSTONE TOLD MRS.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.
a form of address for a man
From this reading OF THE NEWS MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading ELPHINSTONE TOLD MRS.
information about recent and important events
From this reading OF THE NEWS MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF THE NEWS MR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PROTHEROE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF THE NEWS MR.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW CHALLIS HAD FOLLOWED JUDITH TO MENTONE.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading ELPHINSTONE TOLD MRS.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading YOUNG MRS.
Chapter 30 of It Never Can Happen Again by William De Morgan holds 698 sentences, grouped into 140 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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