Chapter 11 of Jessica Trent's Inheritance is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Jessica Trent's Inheritance is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LETTERS AND CHANGES. It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript: “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened. The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him. At least there’s nothing left of it, nothing at all.
Chapter 11 of Jessica Trent's Inheritance is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of burning something
From this reading ““DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.”
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading “LETTERS AND CHANGES.”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading ““DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:”
a note appended to a letter after the signature
From this reading “It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:”
express the need or desire for
From this reading “It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading ““DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.”
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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flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
In this reading “The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.”
In this reading “It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:”
In this reading ““DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
(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 The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LETTERS AND CHANGES.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At least there’s nothing left of it, nothing at all.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
the act of burning something
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading LETTERS AND CHANGES.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading At least there’s nothing left of it, nothing at all.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading At least there’s nothing left of it, nothing at all.
the literary culture
From this reading LETTERS AND CHANGES.
a woman of refinement
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading At least there’s nothing left of it, nothing at all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
a note appended to a letter after the signature
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
express the need or desire for
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At least there’s nothing left of it, nothing at all.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
at the time that
From this reading It was some time later when, by Madam Dalrymple’s request, Jessica added that postscript:
in the company of; together with
From this reading The ‘man of business,’ has run away and taken all our Cousin Margaret’s money with him.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “DEAREST MOTHER: “Something worse than the house burning has happened.
Chapter 11 of Jessica Trent's Inheritance by Evelyn Raymond holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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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