Chapter 5 of Stoneheart: A Romance is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Stoneheart: A Romance is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE AMBUSH. Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio. They had made all haste to reach their dwelling. The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_. Doña Manuela was expecting them.
Chapter 5 of Stoneheart: A Romance is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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wait in hiding to attack
From this reading “THE AMBUSH.”
housing that someone is living in
From this reading “They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.”
being one more than ten
From this reading “The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.”
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading “The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.”
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “Doña Manuela was expecting them.”
a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
From this reading “Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.”
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
From this reading “Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.”
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.
In this reading “The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.”
In this reading “They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.”
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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 Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
(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 They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
wait in hiding to attack
From this reading THE AMBUSH.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Doña Manuela was expecting them.
housing that someone is living in
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
being one more than ten
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading Doña Manuela was expecting them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Doña Manuela was expecting them.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
according to the clock
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AMBUSH.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Doña Manuela was expecting them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had made all haste to reach their dwelling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Doña Manuela was expecting them.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Don Fernando and his friend, as we have related, left the hacienda a little before Don Torribio.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The _tertulia_ had ended at nine o'clock; and by eleven they were at the _rancho_.
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