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Chapter 5 of Joe Wilson and His Mates is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We didn’t say anything for a good while. ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’ I said. ‘I--I don’t know,’ she said. ‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’
Chapter 5 of Joe Wilson and His Mates is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “We didn’t say anything for a good while.”
a name given to a product or service
From this reading “‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’”
express in words
From this reading “We didn’t say anything for a good while.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’”
express a supposition
From this reading “‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’”
during the time that
From this reading “We didn’t say anything for a good while.”
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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 We didn’t say anything for a good while.
any thing at all
From this reading We didn’t say anything for a good while.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’
a name given to a product or service
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
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From this reading We didn’t say anything for a good while.
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From this reading ‘I--I don’t know,’ she said.
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From this reading ‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We didn’t say anything for a good while.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading We didn’t say anything for a good while.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading ‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading ‘I--I don’t know,’ she said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said.
express in words
From this reading We didn’t say anything for a good while.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘I--I don’t know,’ she said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘Everybody’s been so kind to me here.’
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
express a supposition
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We didn’t say anything for a good while.
during the time that
From this reading We didn’t say anything for a good while.
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From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I suppose you won’t be sorry to go, Miss Brand?’
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