Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's True Heart; or, How a Daughter is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's True Heart; or, How a Daughter is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE. Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together. Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently. He could hardly believe his eyes. Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?
Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's True Heart; or, How a Daughter is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
From this reading “Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently.”
English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)
From this reading “Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.”
a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
From this reading “PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE.”
-ing form of “notice” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.”
yielding a fair profit
From this reading “PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE.”
without speaking
From this reading “Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently.”
in a stylish manner
From this reading “Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?”
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading “Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.”
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.
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In this reading “Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently.”
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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 Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading He could hardly believe his eyes.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could hardly believe his eyes.
placed crosswise
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
a female human offspring
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?
divisible by two
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
opinion or judgment
From this reading He could hardly believe his eyes.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
a young female
From this reading Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?
only a very short time before
From this reading He could hardly believe his eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He could hardly believe his eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He could hardly believe his eyes.
(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
From this reading Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently.
and nothing more
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
a particular point in time
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
From this reading PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
-ing form of “notice” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE.
yielding a fair profit
From this reading PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
without speaking
From this reading Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Joshua Marlowe stared at her silently.
in a stylish manner
From this reading Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was this beautiful, stylishly dressed girl his daughter Marion?
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without even noticing her father, Marion Marlowe crossed the room to her mother’s side, and for just a moment mother and daughter wept together.
Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's True Heart; or, How a Daughter by Lurana Sheldon holds 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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 2 holds 90 sentences of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's True Heart; or, How a Daughter, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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