Chapter 5 of Name and Fame: A Novel is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Name and Fame: A Novel is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEW BEGINNINGS. "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham. "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband. "Jim, what do you mean? You are very hard-hearted."
Chapter 5 of Name and Fame: A Novel is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “beginning” — the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “NEW BEGINNINGS.”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “"Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “"Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading “"Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “"Jim, what do you mean?”
past form of “rejoin” — join again
From this reading “"Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.”
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “"Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.”
express a supposition
From this reading “"Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are very hard-hearted."
plural of “beginning” — the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading NEW BEGINNINGS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
dearly loved
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Jim, what do you mean?
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are very hard-hearted."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jim, what do you mean?
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Jim, what do you mean?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW BEGINNINGS.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
past form of “rejoin” — join again
From this reading "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading "Poor dear Lettice! how she must have suffered!" said Clara Graham.
express a supposition
From this reading "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.
precisely as stated
From this reading You are very hard-hearted."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Jim, what do you mean?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Less than you suppose," rejoined her husband.
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