Chapter 22 of Mr. Scarborough's Family is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Mr. Scarborough's Family is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. BARRY AND MR. JUNIPER. The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home. "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
Chapter 22 of Mr. Scarborough's Family is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “anticipate” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.”
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading “The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.”
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.”
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.”
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
From this reading “JUNIPER.”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.”
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading “"We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.”
usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
From this reading “The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BARRY AND MR.
-ing form of “anticipate” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BARRY AND MR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
ten 10s
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
plural of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
From this reading JUNIPER.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
on one occasion
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We are all to have three hundred and fifty pound fortunes when we get husbands!" said Georgina, anticipating at once the pleasures of matrimony.
at the time that
From this reading The joy in Bolsover Terrace was intense when Mrs. Carroll returned home.
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