Chapter 12 of Malvina of Brittany is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Malvina of Brittany is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business." "It wouldn't be," says Mr. Quincey. "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home." "Who was he?" says Miss Bulstrode. "Her husband?"
Chapter 12 of Malvina of Brittany is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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speak to
From this reading “"All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."”
eagerly desirous
From this reading “"All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “"I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."”
a man of refinement
From this reading “"All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “"Her husband?"”
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
From this reading “"I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “"I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."”
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speak to
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
(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 "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
eagerly desirous
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It wouldn't be," says Mr. Quincey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who was he?" says Miss Bulstrode.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
a man of refinement
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
the act of departing
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Who was he?" says Miss Bulstrode.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "Her husband?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It wouldn't be," says Mr. Quincey.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Who was he?" says Miss Bulstrode.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It wouldn't be," says Mr. Quincey.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
precisely as stated
From this reading "I am sorry," says Mr. Parable, speaking very deliberate-like, "but I am not going to have her name dragged into this business."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
which person or people
From this reading "All we want to get out of her is the name and address of the gentleman who was so anxious to see her home."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It wouldn't be," says Mr. Quincey.
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