Chapter 16 of Miss Con is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Miss Con is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKED SOMEBODY? THE SAME. June 22. Monday. LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
Chapter 16 of Miss Con is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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by open declaration
From this reading “LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading “June 22.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKED SOMEBODY?”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “Monday.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKED SOMEBODY?”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKED SOMEBODY?”
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From this reading June 22.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
by open declaration
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading June 22.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKED SOMEBODY?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading Monday.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
Identical; not different.
From this reading THE SAME.
a person, without saying who
From this reading WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKED SOMEBODY?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SAME.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading LADY DENHAM has been to call, and her call was avowedly on me as well as on Maggie.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading WHETHER SOMEBODY LIKED SOMEBODY?
Chapter 16 of Miss Con by Agnes Giberne holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 16 holds 190 sentences of Miss Con, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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