Chapter 37 of Luttrell Of Arran is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of Luttrell Of Arran is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What! that you, Harry? How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside. “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come. Warn’t they polite and civil to you?” “That they were.
Chapter 37 of Luttrell Of Arran is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.”
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading “How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.”
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading “Warn’t they polite and civil to you?””
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading “How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.”
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading “How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading ““What! that you, Harry?”
a boy or man
From this reading ““Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.”
showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
From this reading “Warn’t they polite and civil to you?””
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In this reading ““Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.”
In this reading “How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.”
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(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 How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading Warn’t they polite and civil to you?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “What! that you, Harry?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
a boy or man
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
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 How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
From this reading Warn’t they polite and civil to you?”
cut with a saw
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
in the near future
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “What! that you, Harry?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Warn’t they polite and civil to you?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Warn’t they polite and civil to you?”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “That they were.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What! that you, Harry?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, lad, I didn’t expect to see you back here these ten days to come.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What! that you, Harry?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading How comes it you have left all the fine folk so soon?” cried Captain Dodge, as he suddenly awoke and saw young Luttrell at his bedside.
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