Chapter 11 of John Herring — Volume 3 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of John Herring — Volume 3 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’Where do you sleep, Geneviève?’ ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’ ’If I should want you? If I should call in the night?’ Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.
Chapter 11 of John Herring — Volume 3 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “If I should call in the night?’”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’”
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “’Where do you sleep, Geneviève?’”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “’If I should want you?”
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 “Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.”
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with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading If I should call in the night?’
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ’Where do you sleep, Geneviève?’
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ’Where do you sleep, Geneviève?’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ’If I should want you?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ’If I should want you?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If I should call in the night?’
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading If I should call in the night?’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
in a beseeching manner
From this reading Mirelle looked anxiously, pleadingly at her.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading ’If I should want you?
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading ’Where do you sleep, Geneviève?’
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading ’At the far end of the house, up the other flight of stairs.’
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ’If I should want you?
in or at the place that
From this reading ’Where do you sleep, Geneviève?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ’Where do you sleep, Geneviève?’
Chapter 11 of John Herring — Volume 3 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 401 sentences of John Herring — Volume 3, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of John Herring — Volume 3 by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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