Chapter 4 of Margaret Montfort is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Margaret Montfort is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TRIALS OF MARGARET. Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was. Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts. Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere. She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
Chapter 4 of Margaret Montfort is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading “Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.”
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading “Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.”
plural of “happening” — an event that happens
From this reading “She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.”
wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
From this reading “Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.”
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading “Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.”
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading “THE TRIALS OF MARGARET.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.”
showing curiosity
From this reading “Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.”
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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 She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
(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 Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
at or in or to any place
From this reading Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
plural of “happening” — an event that happens
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TRIALS OF MARGARET.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
not any; not one
From this reading Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TRIALS OF MARGARET.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRIALS OF MARGARET.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading THE TRIALS OF MARGARET.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her eyes were used to opening on rose-flowered walls and mahogany bed-posts.
in or at the place that
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
a Caucasian
From this reading Here all was soft and white, no spot of colour anywhere.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
showing curiosity
From this reading Margaret woke early the next morning, and lay wondering where she was.
the day immediately before today
From this reading She came to herself with a start, and yesterday with its happenings came back to her.
Chapter 4 of Margaret Montfort by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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 4 holds 223 sentences of Margaret Montfort, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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