Chapter 11 of Jane Allen, Center is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Jane Allen, Center is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Our last expedition, girls. Shall we all make it?” “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon! I feel exactly like a deserted bride. How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
Chapter 11 of Jane Allen, Center is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a woman who has recently been married
From this reading “I feel exactly like a deserted bride.”
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading “I feel exactly like a deserted bride.”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “I feel exactly like a deserted bride.”
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading ““Our last expedition, girls.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading ““Our last expedition, girls.”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading ““Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!”
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading ““Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!”
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
From this reading “How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?””
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““Our last expedition, girls.”
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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 I feel exactly like a deserted bride.
(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 Shall we all make it?”
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading I feel exactly like a deserted bride.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading I feel exactly like a deserted bride.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading I feel exactly like a deserted bride.
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading “Our last expedition, girls.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading I feel exactly like a deserted bride.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “Our last expedition, girls.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
a holiday taken by a newly married couple
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I feel exactly like a deserted bride.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Shall we all make it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
immediately past
From this reading “Our last expedition, girls.
go away from a place
From this reading How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I feel exactly like a deserted bride.
engage in
From this reading Shall we all make it?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Our last expedition, girls.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall we all make it?”
express in words
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Shall we all make it?”
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
From this reading How can we leave it all for old Wellington, Jane?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, don’t tell us this is the wind-up of our glorious honeymoon!
Chapter 11 of Jane Allen, Center by Edith Bancroft holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 11 holds 212 sentences of Jane Allen, Center, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Jane Allen, Center by Edith Bancroft exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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