Chapter 2 of Kitty Carstairs is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Kitty Carstairs is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road. She was nearly home. Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness. “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.” Kitty Carstairs scarcely remembered her mother.
Chapter 2 of Kitty Carstairs is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading “Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.”
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
From this reading “BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.”
the quality of being slow to understand
From this reading “Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “Kitty Carstairs scarcely remembered her mother.”
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading “Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.”
most important element
From this reading “BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.”
not used up
From this reading “Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.”
accept gladly
From this reading “Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.”
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.
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a major road for any form of motor transport
In this reading “BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.”
make a break in
In this reading “BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.”
In this reading ““Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.””
In this reading “BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.”
In this reading “BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading ““Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.””
In this reading “BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.”
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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 BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kitty Carstairs scarcely remembered her mother.
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
the quality of being slow to understand
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading She was nearly home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading Kitty Carstairs scarcely remembered her mother.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
most important element
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Kitty Carstairs scarcely remembered her mother.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading She was nearly home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
a course of conduct
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
not used up
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Kitty Carstairs scarcely remembered her mother.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
only a very short time before
From this reading Kitty Carstairs scarcely remembered her mother.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was nearly home.
accept gladly
From this reading Already the few remaining lights of the village bade her welcome back to dullness.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading BY taking the path through the wood she had cut off a wide curve of the main road.
a late time of life
From this reading “Five years!” she said to herself, “and I may live in it for fifty more.”
Chapter 2 of Kitty Carstairs by J. J. (John Joy) Bell holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 2 holds 219 sentences of Kitty Carstairs, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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