Chapter 20 of Mark Mason's Victory is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Mark Mason's Victory is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARK RETURNS HOME. "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment. "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling. "It has seemed a long time since you went away. Did you have a successful trip?"
Chapter 20 of Mark Mason's Victory is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
From this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading “"Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.”
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading “MARK RETURNS HOME.”
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
From this reading “Did you have a successful trip?"”
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “MARK RETURNS HOME.”
In this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “"It has seemed a long time since you went away.”
In this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
move away from a place into another direction
In this reading “"It has seemed a long time since you went away.”
In this reading “"WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
a youthful male person
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you have a successful trip?"
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading MARK RETURNS HOME.
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading MARK RETURNS HOME.
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
plural of “return” — document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
From this reading MARK RETURNS HOME.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
From this reading Did you have a successful trip?"
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading Did you have a successful trip?"
accept gladly
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "It has seemed a long time since you went away.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "WELCOME home, Mark!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason with radiant face as the telegraph boy opened the door of their humble apartment.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then you have missed me?" said Mark smiling.
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