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Chapter 4 of Posthumous Works of the Author of is here in full — 22 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sunday Morning [December 29.] YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----. Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you? I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
Chapter 4 of Posthumous Works of the Author of is here in full — 22 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading “YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.”
the state of being absent
From this reading “I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “Sunday Morning [December 29.]”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.”
secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
From this reading “I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?”
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “Sunday Morning [December 29.]”
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From this reading Sunday Morning [December 29.]
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
the state of being absent
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
in a considerate manner
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading Sunday Morning [December 29.]
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
engage in
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Sunday Morning [December 29.]
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
possession of controlling influence
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
express in words
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
term of address for a man
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading Sunday Morning [December 29.]
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I shall expect (as the country people say in England) that you will make a _power_ of money to indemnify me for your absence.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
precisely as stated
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
at the time that
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
produce a literary work
From this reading Pray sir! when do you think of coming home? or, to write very considerately, when will business permit you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading YOU seem to have taken up your abode at H----.
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