Chapter 8 of Mistress Anne is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Mistress Anne is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?" "Who?" "The little waitress?" "Eve----" warningly. "Well, then, the little school-teacher."
Chapter 8 of Mistress Anne is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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accomplishment of an objective
From this reading “_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"”
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading “_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"”
plural of “grip” — the act of grasping
From this reading “_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"”
come to pass
From this reading “_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"”
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"”
not expected or anticipated
From this reading “_In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"”
a woman waiter
From this reading “"The little waitress?"”
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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 _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
later than; following
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
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From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
plural of “grip” — the act of grasping
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
come to pass
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
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From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "The little waitress?"
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, then, the little school-teacher."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Well, then, the little school-teacher."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
not expected or anticipated
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
a woman waiter
From this reading "The little waitress?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Eve----" warningly.
(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 "Well, then, the little school-teacher."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
which person or people
From this reading "Who?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve._ EVELYN, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
Chapter 8 of Mistress Anne by Temple Bailey holds 476 sentences, grouped into 96 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 476 sentences of Mistress Anne, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
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