Chapter 31 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 31 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROM OLIVIA TO MR. L----. [Dated a few hours after the preceding.] Monday, half-past three. Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
Chapter 31 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!”
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading “[Dated a few hours after the preceding.]”
-ing form of “equivocate” — be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
From this reading “Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!”
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading “Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “[Dated a few hours after the preceding.]”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “Monday, half-past three.”
existing or coming before
From this reading “[Dated a few hours after the preceding.]”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “Monday, half-past three.”
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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 [Dated a few hours after the preceding.]
later than; following
From this reading [Dated a few hours after the preceding.]
react verbally
From this reading Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading [Dated a few hours after the preceding.]
-ing form of “equivocate” — be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
From this reading Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading [Dated a few hours after the preceding.]
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM OLIVIA TO MR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Monday, half-past three.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading [Dated a few hours after the preceding.]
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading L----.
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading Monday, half-past three.
a form of address for a man
From this reading FROM OLIVIA TO MR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM OLIVIA TO MR.
existing or coming before
From this reading [Dated a few hours after the preceding.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Dated a few hours after the preceding.]
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Oh! this equivocating answer to my fond heart!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Monday, half-past three.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM OLIVIA TO MR.
Chapter 31 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 by Maria Edgeworth holds 124 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 31 holds 124 sentences of Tales and Novels — Volume 08, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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