Chapter 11 of Saxe Holm's Stories First Series is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Saxe Holm's Stories First Series is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I sprang to my feet. "Leave him! Are you mad?" "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined. I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
Chapter 11 of Saxe Holm's Stories First Series is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I have been for six months coming to this resolve.”
characterized by great determination
From this reading “"No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.”
roused to anger
From this reading “Are you mad?"”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “I have been for six months coming to this resolve.”
bring to an end; settle conclusively
From this reading “I have been for six months coming to this resolve.”
mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
From this reading “"No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “I have been for six months coming to this resolve.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “I sprang to my feet.”
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.
(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 "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you mad?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
dearly loved
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
characterized by great determination
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading I sprang to my feet.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Leave him!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sprang to my feet.
go away from a place
From this reading "Leave him!
roused to anger
From this reading Are you mad?"
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I sprang to my feet.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
bring to an end; settle conclusively
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading I sprang to my feet.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I have been for six months coming to this resolve.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I sprang to my feet.
precisely as stated
From this reading "No, dear, not at all; very sane and very determined.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you mad?"
Chapter 11 of Saxe Holm's Stories First Series by Helen Hunt Jackson holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 11 holds 402 sentences of Saxe Holm's Stories First Series, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Saxe Holm's Stories First Series by Helen Hunt Jackson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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