Chapter 21 of Romance Island is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Romance Island is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia. St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea. Tea. In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven. "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
Chapter 21 of Romance Island is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
From this reading “St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.”
in a very pleasurable manner
From this reading “In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.”
plural of “essential” — anything indispensable
From this reading “In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.”
plural of “lump” — a compact mass
From this reading “"Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.”
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading “OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.”
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading “St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.”
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading “St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.”
any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
From this reading “St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.”
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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 St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
with adoration
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
in a very pleasurable manner
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
plural of “essential” — anything indispensable
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
plural of “lump” — a compact mass
From this reading "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
a person who is being chased
From this reading "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
in or at the place that
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
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