Chapter 19 of My heart's in the Highlands is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of My heart's in the Highlands is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ... Find out men's wants and will And meet them there." Herbert. "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining." General Macdonald gave a little groan.
Chapter 19 of My heart's in the Highlands is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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agreeably diverting
From this reading “"HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."”
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading “General Macdonald gave a little groan.”
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...”
United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
From this reading “Herbert.”
a public toilet for men
From this reading “Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."”
giving pleasure and satisfaction
From this reading “SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...”
being of use or service
From this reading “SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."”
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.
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
In this reading “Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 General Macdonald gave a little groan.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
the two together, not just one
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."
agreeably diverting
From this reading "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading General Macdonald gave a little groan.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading General Macdonald gave a little groan.
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading General Macdonald gave a little groan.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."
United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
From this reading Herbert.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading General Macdonald gave a little groan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading General Macdonald gave a little groan.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
come together
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
a public toilet for men
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
giving pleasure and satisfaction
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
not in physical motion
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
in or at that place or location
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."
being of use or service
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "HUGH, we shall have to do entertaining."
in or at the place that
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Find out men's wants and will And meet them there."
hope for; have a wish
From this reading SOME GUESTS "Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ...
Chapter 19 of My heart's in the Highlands by Amy Le Feuvre holds 297 sentences, grouped into 60 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.
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