Chapter 3 of Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth! Note 1. Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit. Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative. CHAPTER THREE.
Chapter 3 of Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER THREE.”
in a serious manner
From this reading “So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!”
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.”
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
From this reading “So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!”
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
From this reading “Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.”
force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading “Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.”
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.”
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From this reading Note 1.
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From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
a former province of western France in the Loire valley
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER THREE.
recognizable; marked
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
in a serious manner
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
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From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
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From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
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From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
a brief written record
From this reading Note 1.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
above and across; more than
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
go across or through
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
precisely, exactly
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
truth or reality
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading CHAPTER THREE.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Elizabeth hesitated for some time before she gave a decided negative.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
precisely as stated
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading So now I pass my book over to _Milly_--and do right earnestly desire that she may be less faultful than I. What poor infirm things be we, in very sooth!
which person or people
From this reading Francois Duke of Anjou, who visited the Queen in September, 1579, to urge his suit.
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