Chapter 5 of Margaret Montfort is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Margaret Montfort is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NEW TYPE. "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton. "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you? I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude." "I am so sorry," said Margaret.
Chapter 5 of Margaret Montfort is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a young person of either sex
From this reading “"My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.”
spoiled or ruined or demolished
From this reading “I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."”
extremely
From this reading “I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."”
a state of social isolation
From this reading “I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"I am so sorry," said Margaret.”
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
From this reading “A NEW TYPE.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “"Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?”
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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 A NEW TYPE.
anew
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am so sorry," said Margaret.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."
a young person of either sex
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
spoiled or ruined or demolished
From this reading I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am so sorry," said Margaret.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A NEW TYPE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
extremely
From this reading I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I am so sorry," said Margaret.
a state of social isolation
From this reading I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "I am so sorry," said Margaret.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
From this reading A NEW TYPE.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "Do you know that it is a week since I have seen you?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have been destroyed,--positively destroyed, with solitude."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My child, I thought you were never coming again!" said Mrs. Peyton.
Chapter 5 of Margaret Montfort by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 244 sentences, grouped into 49 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 5 holds 244 sentences of Margaret Montfort, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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