Chapter 12 of Master of the Vineyard is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Master of the Vineyard is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"This time I sat at the head of the table myself. We had songs and stories and much good cheer. Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.' It was the first time. "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
Chapter 12 of Master of the Vineyard is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'”
give encouragement to
From this reading “We had songs and stories and much good cheer.”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “"One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.”
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading “"One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.”
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading “Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “We had songs and stories and much good cheer.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “We had songs and stories and much good cheer.”
infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
From this reading “"One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.”
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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 "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
(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 Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
give encouragement to
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading It was the first time.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the first time.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
to a great degree or extent
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
express in words
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "This time I sat at the head of the table myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the first time.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had songs and stories and much good cheer.
at the time that
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
which person or people
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading "One man who lives in a crowded district in the city, has a wife who has tuberculosis.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Afterward, when I said good-night, they all came to shake hands with me and say 'Thank you.'
Chapter 12 of Master of the Vineyard by Myrtle Reed holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 12 holds 410 sentences of Master of the Vineyard, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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