Chapter 24 of Tetherstones is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Tetherstones is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome. “A bad business this about the little girl. They’re all very upset at Tetherstones.” “I am sure they must be,” Frances said. “What a terribly sad business, Oliver!
Chapter 24 of Tetherstones is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading ““I am sure they must be,” Frances said.”
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading “RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.”
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading “RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading ““What a terribly sad business, Oliver!”
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading “They’re all very upset at Tetherstones.””
accept gladly
From this reading “RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.”
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading “RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.”
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.
a youthful female person
In this reading ““A bad business this about the little girl.”
In this reading ““A bad business this about the little girl.”
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 “A bad business this about the little girl.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “A bad business this about the little girl.
(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’re all very upset at Tetherstones.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They’re all very upset at Tetherstones.”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “A bad business this about the little girl.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “A bad business this about the little girl.
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
a young female
From this reading “A bad business this about the little girl.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “A bad business this about the little girl.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “What a terribly sad business, Oliver!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
used as intensifiers
From this reading “What a terribly sad business, Oliver!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They’re all very upset at Tetherstones.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “A bad business this about the little girl.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I am sure they must be,” Frances said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They’re all very upset at Tetherstones.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “A bad business this about the little girl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
having come into contact
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading They’re all very upset at Tetherstones.”
precisely as stated
From this reading They’re all very upset at Tetherstones.”
accept gladly
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a terribly sad business, Oliver!
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
in the company of; together with
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading RUTH “Pleased to see you, Miss Thorold,” Oliver touched his hat with his whip and gave her his friendly smile of welcome.
Chapter 24 of Tetherstones by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 24 holds 219 sentences of Tetherstones, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of Tetherstones by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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.
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