Chapter 12 of People Like That: A Novel is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of People Like That: A Novel is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Selwyn has been gone two weeks. I have heard nothing from him. I do not even know where he is. Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her. Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
Chapter 12 of People Like That: A Novel is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an indignant manner
From this reading “Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.”
more often or more frequently
From this reading “Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “Selwyn has been gone two weeks.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.”
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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Selwyn has been gone two weeks.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not even know where he is.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
divisible by two
From this reading I do not even know where he is.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I have heard nothing from him.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Selwyn has been gone two weeks.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Selwyn has been gone two weeks.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have heard nothing from him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I do not even know where he is.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have heard nothing from him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have heard nothing from him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have heard nothing from him.
in an indignant manner
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I do not even know where he is.
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I do not even know where he is.
take the midday meal
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not even know where he is.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I have heard nothing from him.
more often or more frequently
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
above and across; more than
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
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From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Selwyn has been gone two weeks.
carry out
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Selwyn has been gone two weeks.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Selwyn has been gone two weeks.
at the time that
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
in or at the place that
From this reading I do not even know where he is.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Each week I try to take lunch or dinner with her, but there have been weeks when I could not see her, when I could not get away.
the day immediately before today
From this reading Yesterday, over the telephone, Kitty reproached me indignantly for not coming oftener to see her.
Chapter 12 of People Like That: A Novel by Kate Langley Bosher holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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