Chapter 3 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I like to have my opinions bolstered up. Do you know, I want to tell you something? May I?" "You may. I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
Chapter 3 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.”
past form of “bolster” — support and strengthen
From this reading “"I like to have my opinions bolstered up.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.”
plural of “opinion” — a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading “"I like to have my opinions bolstered up.”
in a grave and sedate manner
From this reading “I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Do you know, I want to tell you something?”
express in words
From this reading “Do you know, I want to tell you something?”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Do you know, I want to tell you something?”
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any person at all
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
past form of “bolster” — support and strengthen
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you know, I want to tell you something?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Do you know, I want to tell you something?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May I?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
plural of “opinion” — a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
in a grave and sedate manner
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Do you know, I want to tell you something?
express in words
From this reading Do you know, I want to tell you something?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I like to have my opinions bolstered up.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Do you know, I want to tell you something?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you know, I want to tell you something?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading I'll never tell anyone as long as I live," said the Young Man solemnly.
Chapter 3 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 3 holds 416 sentences of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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