Chapter 15 of Miss Numè of Japan is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Miss Numè of Japan is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ADVICE. Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture. "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend. You must not speak too familiarly to any man. Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
Chapter 15 of Miss Numè of Japan is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “ADVICE.”
an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
From this reading “Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.”
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
From this reading “Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.”
a woman host
From this reading “"Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.”
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading “Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.”
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
From this reading “Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.”
In this reading “You must not speak too familiarly to any man.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading ADVICE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading You must not speak too familiarly to any man.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
dearly loved
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
in an intimately familiar manner
From this reading You must not speak too familiarly to any man.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
the act of departing
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
a woman host
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading You must not speak too familiarly to any man.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must not speak too familiarly to any man.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
From this reading Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
express in speech
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Davis drew Nume into a corner of the balcony, and sat down to give her a little lecture.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You must not speak too familiarly to any man.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now, you ought not to have sat with Mr. Sinclair so long.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now, dear, I'm going to speak to you, not as your hostess, but as your--a--chaperon--and friend.
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