Chapter 16 of Reuben Sachs is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Reuben Sachs is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
....What help is there? There is no help, for all these things are so. A. C. SWINBURNE. “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room. It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
Chapter 16 of Reuben Sachs is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “baldwin” — United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987)
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.”
the act of departing
From this reading “It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading ““Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “....What help is there?”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading ““Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading ““Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.”
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In this reading “It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.”
In this reading “It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.”
communicate the intended meaning or impression
In this reading ““Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.”
in a specified area or place
In this reading ““Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.”
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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 A. C. SWINBURNE.
later than; following
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
(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 There is no help, for all these things are so.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There is no help, for all these things are so.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
possessive form of “baldwin” — United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987)
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading A. C. SWINBURNE.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
the act of departing
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is no help, for all these things are so.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading ....What help is there?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ....What help is there?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no help, for all these things are so.
above and across; more than
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There is no help, for all these things are so.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
English poet (1837-1909)
From this reading A. C. SWINBURNE.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
in or at that place or location
From this reading ....What help is there?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There is no help, for all these things are so.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading There is no help, for all these things are so.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was two days after Reuben’s departure for St. Baldwin’s, and Ernest had returned from the country that morning.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ....What help is there?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Come over here, Judith, and I will show you something,” said Ernest Leuniger as he sat by the fire in the morning-room.
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