Chapter 29 of Tante is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Tante is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Karen did not go to her room. She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there. She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down. She felt ill. Her mind was sore and vague.
Chapter 29 of Tante is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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prepare a hot meal
From this reading “She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.”
the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands
From this reading “Karen did not go to her room.”
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading “She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.”
plural of “sandwich” — two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading “She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.”
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.”
hurting
From this reading “Her mind was sore and vague.”
plural of “terrace” — usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
From this reading “She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.”
not clearly expressed or understood
From this reading “Her mind was sore and vague.”
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 “She felt ill.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Karen did not go to her room.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She felt ill.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
set up or found
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Karen did not go to her room.
the act of departing
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Karen did not go to her room.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading She felt ill.
the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands
From this reading Karen did not go to her room.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Her mind was sore and vague.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Karen did not go to her room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Karen did not go to her room.
plural of “sandwich” — two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
hurting
From this reading Her mind was sore and vague.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
plural of “terrace” — usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She asked the cook for a few sandwiches and going to one of the lower terraces she found a seat there and sat down.
in or at that place or location
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Karen did not go to her room.
not clearly expressed or understood
From this reading Her mind was sore and vague.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She was afraid that Mrs. Talcott would come to her there.
Chapter 29 of Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick holds 222 sentences, grouped into 45 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 29 holds 222 sentences of Tante, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 222 sentences, grouped into 45 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.
Work through the 45 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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