Chapter 30 of Miss Arnott's Marriage is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Miss Arnott's Marriage is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert. "Have you got rid of her?" "Very much so. Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer. I'm afraid she did it."
Chapter 30 of Miss Arnott's Marriage is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I'm afraid she did it."”
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading “MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.”
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading “MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.”
relieve from
From this reading “"Have you got rid of her?"”
comparative of “safe” — free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.”
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading “Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.”
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.
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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.”
do away with
In this reading “"Have you got rid of her?"”
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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 MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I'm afraid she did it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I'm afraid she did it."
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Have you got rid of her?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you got rid of her?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Have you got rid of her?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm afraid she did it."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I'm afraid she did it."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Very much so.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Have you got rid of her?"
on one occasion
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
relieve from
From this reading "Have you got rid of her?"
comparative of “safe” — free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I'm afraid she did it."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Very much so.
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stacey, I must see Miss Arnott at once, the sooner the safer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MISS ARNOTT IS EXAMINED Mr Stacey put a question to Mr Gilbert.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very much so.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you got rid of her?"
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