Chapter 8 of My New Home is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of My New Home is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me. 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said. 'You did not wave to them, either?' 'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it. And it's always they who do it first.
Chapter 8 of My New Home is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “'You did not wave to them, either?'”
cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
From this reading “THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it.”
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading “THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “'You did not wave to them, either?'”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.”
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In this reading “'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it.”
In this reading “'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.”
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading And it's always they who do it first.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it's always they who do it first.
any thing at all
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading 'You did not wave to them, either?'
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And it's always they who do it first.
one or the other of two
From this reading 'You did not wave to them, either?'
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading And it's always they who do it first.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading 'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And it's always they who do it first.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
not any; not one
From this reading 'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'You did not wave to them, either?'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
only a very short time before
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading 'You did not wave to them, either?'
in or at that place or location
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading 'No,' I said, 'I _did_ wave, but I got tired of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES Grandmamma was the one to reassure me.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading 'You did not wave to them, either?'
which person or people
From this reading And it's always they who do it first.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading 'I scarcely think there can be anything wrong, as they are coming,' she said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'You did not wave to them, either?'
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