Chapter 12 of Star of India is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Star of India is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, do go on--don't stop. I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided." "But I don't know myself. That's as far as I've written. I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
Chapter 12 of Star of India is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.”
recognizable; marked
From this reading “I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."”
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
From this reading “I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."”
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading “I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “"Oh, do go on--don't stop.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading “That's as far as I've written.”
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.
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That's as far as I've written.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I don't know myself.
recognizable; marked
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Oh, do go on--don't stop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, do go on--don't stop.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading That's as far as I've written.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Oh, do go on--don't stop.
the act of departing
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's as far as I've written.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
very unhappy; full of misery
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "But I don't know myself.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, do go on--don't stop.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Oh, do go on--don't stop.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "Oh, do go on--don't stop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's as far as I've written.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
up to a particular time
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I shall be miserable till I know what John Holland and Anne decided."
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading That's as far as I've written.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I was going to ask _you_ what you thought they should do.
Chapter 12 of Star of India by Alice Perrin holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 12 holds 149 sentences of Star of India, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Star of India by Alice Perrin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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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