Chapter 19 of Lady Cassandra is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of Lady Cassandra is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Lady Cassandra is quite well?" "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip. "So, so. Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn. We had a hard time of it, after you left.
Chapter 19 of Lady Cassandra is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.”
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.”
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
From this reading “Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.”
(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
From this reading “"Lady Cassandra is quite well?"”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “We had a hard time of it, after you left.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “"Lady Cassandra is quite well?"”
either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading “"Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.”
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading “"Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.”
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.
a difficulty that can be overcome with effort
In this reading “We had a hard time of it, after you left.”
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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 Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.
later than; following
From this reading We had a hard time of it, after you left.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
From this reading Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.
(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
From this reading "Lady Cassandra is quite well?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading We had a hard time of it, after you left.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Lady Cassandra is quite well?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We had a hard time of it, after you left.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Lady Cassandra is quite well?"
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We had a hard time of it, after you left.
either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Had a bit of a breakdown in autumn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Lady Cassandra is quite well?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So, so.
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading We had a hard time of it, after you left.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "Humph!" the Squire protruded his under lip.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had a hard time of it, after you left.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Lady Cassandra is quite well?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We had a hard time of it, after you left.
Chapter 19 of Lady Cassandra by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 19 holds 415 sentences of Lady Cassandra, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Lady Cassandra by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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