Chapter 14 of Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Grace laughed. The colonel laughed also. "I know it now. My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago. Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
Chapter 14 of Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading “My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “The colonel laughed also.”
small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
From this reading “Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.”
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading “Grace laughed.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.”
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.”
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.”
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 “My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.”
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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 My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
in the past
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
in addition
From this reading The colonel laughed also.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading The colonel laughed also.
small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading Grace laughed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know it now.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I know it now.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I know it now.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Grace laughed.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
joined in matrimony
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "I know it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The colonel laughed also.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Captain Pym was a widower, and his first wife was a sister of Dace Fontaine's.
possessive form of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
a late time of life
From this reading My wife's sister married a Captain Pym: it is many years ago.
Chapter 14 of Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 14 holds 410 sentences of Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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