Chapter 2 of Love and tea is here in full — 554 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Love and tea is here in full — 554 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me. You know well what I mean. The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them? BETTY (_with courage_). They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
Chapter 2 of Love and tea is here in full — 554 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.”
several beads threaded together on a string
From this reading “The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?”
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
From this reading “MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.”
United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)
From this reading “They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?”
something of sentimental value
From this reading “They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?”
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.
In this reading “The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?”
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 They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
several beads threaded together on a string
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BETTY (_with courage_).
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading BETTY (_with courage_).
The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)
From this reading They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
coins made of gold
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You know well what I mean.
something of sentimental value
From this reading They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know well what I mean.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading You know well what I mean.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
(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 You know well what I mean.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You know well what I mean.
which person or people
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They are a keepsake from William Dickinson.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MISS B. Do not attempt deceit with me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know well what I mean.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The gold beads about your neck; who gave you them?
Chapter 2 of Love and tea by Anna Phillips See holds 554 sentences, grouped into 111 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 554 sentences of Love and tea, unabridged, divided into 111 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Love and tea by Anna Phillips See exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 554 sentences, grouped into 111 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.
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