Chapter 28 of Pamela, Volume II is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Pamela, Volume II is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice. Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure. Here I am forced to leave off. Let me scratch through this last surmise. It seems she was not with him.
Chapter 28 of Pamela, Volume II is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.”
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading “Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.”
a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
From this reading “Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.”
cause friction
From this reading “Let me scratch through this last surmise.”
infer from incomplete evidence
From this reading “Let me scratch through this last surmise.”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.”
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
From this reading “Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.”
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 MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading Here I am forced to leave off.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here I am forced to leave off.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seems she was not with him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seems she was not with him.
and nothing more
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
immediately past
From this reading Let me scratch through this last surmise.
go away from a place
From this reading Here I am forced to leave off.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me scratch through this last surmise.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me scratch through this last surmise.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Here I am forced to leave off.
a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
cause friction
From this reading Let me scratch through this last surmise.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seems she was not with him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It seems she was not with him.
like or characteristic of or befitting a sister
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
infer from incomplete evidence
From this reading Let me scratch through this last surmise.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Let me scratch through this last surmise.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Let me scratch through this last surmise.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seems she was not with him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. B. is just returned from a tour to Portsmouth, with the Countess, I believe, but am not sure.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAREST LADY, A thousand thanks for your kind, your truly sisterly letter and advice.
Chapter 28 of Pamela, Volume II by Samuel Richardson holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 28 holds 188 sentences of Pamela, Volume II, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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