Chapter 8 of Melbourne House is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Melbourne House is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AFTER TROUT. It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters. "Now, Daisy, have you got all in there? I don't believe it." "Why don't you believe it?"
Chapter 8 of Melbourne House is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading “It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I don't believe it."”
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.”
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.”
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.”
having a supporting base
From this reading “It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.”
flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
From this reading “AFTER TROUT.”
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later than; following
From this reading AFTER TROUT.
(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 "Now, Daisy, have you got all in there?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I don't believe it."
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't believe it."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Now, Daisy, have you got all in there?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Now, Daisy, have you got all in there?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't believe it."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, Daisy, have you got all in there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
having a supporting base
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Now, Daisy, have you got all in there?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
From this reading AFTER TROUT.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was bright morning, the pony-chaise at the door, and Daisy in it; standing to arrange matters.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why don't you believe it?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now, Daisy, have you got all in there?
Chapter 8 of Melbourne House by Susan Warner holds 379 sentences, grouped into 76 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 8 holds 379 sentences of Melbourne House, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Melbourne House by Susan Warner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 379 sentences, grouped into 76 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 76 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 76 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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