Chapter 5 of Ruth Erskine's Son is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Ruth Erskine's Son is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE OLD CAT! "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them? Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin. How would they do?" Did his face cloud a little?
Chapter 5 of Ruth Erskine's Son is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “THE OLD CAT!”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “Did his face cloud a little?”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.”
an occurrence of something
From this reading “Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.”
come together
From this reading “"WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “"WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?”
a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
From this reading “Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.”
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.
as an example
In this reading “Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.”
In this reading “"WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Did his face cloud a little?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading THE OLD CAT!
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading Did his face cloud a little?
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did his face cloud a little?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How would they do?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Did his face cloud a little?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Did his face cloud a little?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How would they do?"
an occurrence of something
From this reading Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Did his face cloud a little?
come together
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading THE OLD CAT!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD CAT!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How would they do?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
From this reading Alice Warder, for instance, and her cousin.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "WOULD he like to have one or two young people asked to meet them?
Chapter 5 of Ruth Erskine's Son by Pansy holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 5 holds 125 sentences of Ruth Erskine's Son, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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