Chapter 11 of Kitty Canary: A Novel is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Kitty Canary: A Novel is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Billy has been pretty good about writing. Much better than I have been. I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble. I'm a grand intender and a poor doer. Billy never promises and always does.
Chapter 11 of Kitty Canary: A Novel is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Billy has been pretty good about writing.”
a person who is in charge
From this reading “I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.”
a person who acts and gets things done
From this reading “I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.”
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading “I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.”
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading “I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.”
plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
From this reading “Billy never promises and always does.”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.”
the act of creating written works
From this reading “Billy has been pretty good about writing.”
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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 I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Billy has been pretty good about writing.
(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 I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Billy never promises and always does.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Billy has been pretty good about writing.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Much better than I have been.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Billy has been pretty good about writing.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
a person who is in charge
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
a person who acts and gets things done
From this reading I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Billy never promises and always does.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Billy has been pretty good about writing.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Billy has been pretty good about writing.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Much better than I have been.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Much better than I have been.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Much better than I have been.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Billy never promises and always does.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading I'm a grand intender and a poor doer.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Billy has been pretty good about writing.
plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
From this reading Billy never promises and always does.
express in words
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Much better than I have been.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
a source of difficulty
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I told him I would tell him all about Twickenham and the people, and what they did and how they did, and I intended to do it, but that is my chief trouble.
the act of creating written works
From this reading Billy has been pretty good about writing.
Chapter 11 of Kitty Canary: A Novel by Kate Langley Bosher holds 58 sentences, grouped into 12 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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