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Chapter 3 of Owen's Fortune is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAKING HIS FORTUNE. Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread. "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently. Oh, there she is. Mother, here is Owen; where is he to sleep?"
Chapter 3 of Owen's Fortune is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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recognized or made known or admitted
From this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading “"Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.”
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
a relation between people; (“relationship” is often used where “relation” would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of “relationship” is for human relations or states of relatedness)
From this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
do one's shopping
From this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
on a floor above
From this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
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.
In this reading “"Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.”
come into existence; take on form or shape
In this reading “Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.”
In this reading “"Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.”
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 Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
recognized or made known or admitted
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading MAKING HIS FORTUNE.
a young female
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mother, here is Owen; where is he to sleep?"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MAKING HIS FORTUNE.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
and nothing more
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading MAKING HIS FORTUNE.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, there she is.
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
in the near future
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
a relation between people; (“relationship” is often used where “relation” would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of “relationship” is for human relations or states of relatedness)
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
do one's shopping
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Mother, here is Owen; where is he to sleep?"
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Oh, there she is.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
on a floor above
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
in or at the place that
From this reading Owen sprang up and acknowledged the relationship, following the girl through the back of the shop, upstairs to a pleasant room, where tea was already spread.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Father is busy with Dawson just for a few minutes," she said, "but mother will be here presently.
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