Chapter 3 of Preston Fight is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Preston Fight is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb. “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna. “It cannot be,” said Father Norham. “His lordship has arranged the matter. The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
Chapter 3 of Preston Fight is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading ““I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.”
a formal event performed on a special occasion
From this reading ““I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.”
marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
From this reading “The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.””
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading “The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.””
in or to another place
From this reading ““I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.””
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading ““His lordship has arranged the matter.”
English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
From this reading ““Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.”
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 “The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.””
come to pass
In this reading ““I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.”
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 The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading “His lordship has arranged the matter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
a mutual promise to marry
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It cannot be,” said Father Norham.
a formal event performed on a special occasion
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
in or to another place
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “It cannot be,” said Father Norham.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “His lordship has arranged the matter.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “His lordship has arranged the matter.
a social unit living together
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading “His lordship has arranged the matter.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “His lordship has arranged the matter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It cannot be,” said Father Norham.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
on the contrary
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The prince will be present, and it would be a great disappointment to the household to be deprived of the sight.”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I would rather the ceremony took place elsewhere,” said Anna.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yes--it will be the scene of your betrothal,” said Lady Webb.
Chapter 3 of Preston Fight by William Harrison Ainsworth holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 3 holds 410 sentences of Preston Fight, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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