Chapter 3 of Lady Hester is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Lady Hester is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SKIMPING'S FARM. Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely. Now I love no spot on earth so well. It was very different then. The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
Chapter 3 of Lady Hester is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “SKIMPING'S FARM.”
most important element
From this reading “The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.”
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
From this reading “Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.”
a local church community
From this reading “The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.”
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading “Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.”
an elevated geological formation
From this reading “The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.”
having or bringing misfortune
From this reading “Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.”
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consider or hold as true
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
(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 Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading It was very different then.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Now I love no spot on earth so well.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading SKIMPING'S FARM.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now I love no spot on earth so well.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Now I love no spot on earth so well.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
most important element
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
not any; not one
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I love no spot on earth so well.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now I love no spot on earth so well.
a local church community
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SKIMPING'S FARM.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Now I love no spot on earth so well.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Now I love no spot on earth so well.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading It was very different then.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
having or bringing misfortune
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
precisely as stated
From this reading It was very different then.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
(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 Now I love no spot on earth so well.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The farm-house lay on the slope of the hill, in the parish of Trevorsham, but with the park lying between it and the main village.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Skimping's Farm was the unlucky name of the place, and Fulk would allow of no modification--his resolution was to accept it all entirely.
Chapter 3 of Lady Hester by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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