Chapter 32 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LEONORA TO HER MOTHER. L---- Castle. MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain. Your prophecies will never be accomplished. We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
Chapter 32 of Tales and Novels — Volume 08 is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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highly skilled
From this reading “Your prophecies will never be accomplished.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “L---- Castle.”
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading “We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.”
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.”
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading “We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.”
plural of “prophecy” — knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
From this reading “Your prophecies will never be accomplished.”
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading “MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.”
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highly skilled
From this reading Your prophecies will never be accomplished.
(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 MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Your prophecies will never be accomplished.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
the two together, not just one
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading L---- Castle.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
a female human offspring
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
dearly loved
From this reading MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
from this time forth; from now on
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
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---- Castle.
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From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
a form of address for a man
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Your prophecies will never be accomplished.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
plural of “prophecy” — knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
From this reading Your prophecies will never be accomplished.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LEONORA TO HER MOTHER.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading MY DEAR MOTHER, My hopes are all vain.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have both been mistaken in Mr. L----‘s character, and henceforward your daughter must not depend upon him for any portion of her happiness.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Your prophecies will never be accomplished.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your prophecies will never be accomplished.
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