Chapter 9 of Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Sue, do you ever say your prayers?” “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis. “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.” “I wish that you would write for me. Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
Chapter 9 of Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
special importance or significance
From this reading ““To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.”
a boy or man
From this reading ““Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.””
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading ““Sue, do you ever say your prayers?””
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading ““To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?”
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
From this reading ““Sue, do you ever say your prayers?””
hope for; have a wish
From this reading ““I wish that you would write for me.”
produce a literary work
From this reading ““Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.””
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 ““Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.””
In this reading “Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?”
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 “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
(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 Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Sue, do you ever say your prayers?”
special importance or significance
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
at any time
From this reading “Sue, do you ever say your prayers?”
a boy or man
From this reading “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I wish that you would write for me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I wish that you would write for me.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.”
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading “Sue, do you ever say your prayers?”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
express in words
From this reading “Sue, do you ever say your prayers?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
From this reading “Sue, do you ever say your prayers?”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you come the night before and stay all night with me?
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish that you would write for me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “To be sure I do,” she replied, with a startled emphasis.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I wish that you would write for me.
produce a literary work
From this reading “Then be sure to say them before you write to that poor fellow.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Sue, do you ever say your prayers?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Sue, do you ever say your prayers?”
Chapter 9 of Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline by Nathaniel, Mrs. Conklin holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 9 holds 412 sentences of Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline by Nathaniel, Mrs. Conklin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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