Chapter 21 of Magnum Bonum is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Magnum Bonum is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between. Grey. “Hurrah! It’s Johnny!” “Georgie.
Chapter 21 of Magnum Bonum is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “Grey.”
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading “Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.”
a victory cheer
From this reading ““Hurrah!”
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “It’s Johnny!””
a female domestic
From this reading “Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.”
excessively forward
From this reading “Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.”
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anew
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Georgie.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Grey.
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
a victory cheer
From this reading “Hurrah!
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s Johnny!”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading It’s Johnny!”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
a female domestic
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
excessively forward
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she gazed, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.
Chapter 21 of Magnum Bonum by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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.
Chapter 21 holds 264 sentences of Magnum Bonum, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
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