Chapter 17 of Melbourne House, Volume 1 is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Melbourne House, Volume 1 is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph departed. "Daisy will be ruined forever!" So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage. "I hope not." "You take it coolly, Mr. Randolph.
Chapter 17 of Melbourne House, Volume 1 is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.”
in a composed and unconcerned manner
From this reading “"You take it coolly, Mr. Randolph.”
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “"Daisy will be ruined forever!"”
well in the past; former
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Randolph departed.”
for a limitless time
From this reading “"Daisy will be ruined forever!"”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “"I hope not."”
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading “"Daisy will be ruined forever!"”
in the near future
From this reading “So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Randolph departed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Daisy will be ruined forever!"
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
in a composed and unconcerned manner
From this reading "You take it coolly, Mr. Randolph.
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading "Daisy will be ruined forever!"
well in the past; former
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Randolph departed.
for a limitless time
From this reading "Daisy will be ruined forever!"
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "I hope not."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I hope not."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You take it coolly, Mr. Randolph.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Randolph departed.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Randolph departed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I hope not."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Randolph departed.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading "Daisy will be ruined forever!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
in the near future
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
carry out
From this reading "You take it coolly, Mr. Randolph.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So said the lady as soon as she was in the carriage.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Daisy will be ruined forever!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You take it coolly, Mr. Randolph.
Chapter 17 of Melbourne House, Volume 1 by Susan Warner holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 17 holds 411 sentences of Melbourne House, Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Melbourne House, Volume 1 by Susan Warner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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