Chapter 15 of Ragna is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of Ragna is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her. "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day? We have been so anxious! We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something. And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"
Chapter 15 of Ragna is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.”
eagerly desirous
From this reading “We have been so anxious!”
any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
From this reading “And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.”
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading “We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.”
come together
From this reading “As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.”
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
From this reading “As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"”
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.
used with question words to convey surprise
In this reading “"Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.”
In this reading “"Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"
eagerly desirous
From this reading We have been so anxious!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"
any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
From this reading And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.
come together
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We have been so anxious!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As Ragna entered the pension Astrid came out of the drawing-room to meet her.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have been so anxious!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were afraid you were lost or kidnapped or something.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, Ragna, where on earth have you been all day?
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading And the dominoes have come, do come and try yours on!"
Chapter 15 of Ragna by Anna Miller Costantini holds 334 sentences, grouped into 67 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 15 holds 334 sentences of Ragna, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Ragna by Anna Miller Costantini exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 334 sentences, grouped into 67 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 67 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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