Chapter 21 of Lillian's vow is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Lillian's vow is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN AMBUSH. “Come up to your room, Rosamond. See! I have given you one across the hall from mine. Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
Chapter 21 of Lillian's vow is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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wait in hiding to attack
From this reading “IN AMBUSH.”
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
third-person singular of “bestow” — present
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
for a short time
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
under normal conditions
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
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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In this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
In this reading “I have given you one across the hall from mine.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading ““Come up to your room, Rosamond.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
wait in hiding to attack
From this reading IN AMBUSH.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
third-person singular of “bestow” — present
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN AMBUSH.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See!
for a short time
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
under normal conditions
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
Chapter 21 of Lillian's vow by E. Burke, Mrs. Collins holds 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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 21 holds 97 sentences of Lillian's vow, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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