Chapter 19 of That Affair at Elizabeth is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of That Affair at Elizabeth is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay. "She's only fainted," Godfrey said. "Put some water on her face and chafe her hands. She'll soon come around. I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
Chapter 19 of That Affair at Elizabeth is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
From this reading “"Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
past form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “"She's only fainted," Godfrey said.”
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
the quantity a scoop will hold
From this reading “I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
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 “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
In this reading “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
In this reading “"Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.”
change one's position or opinion
In this reading “She'll soon come around.”
In this reading “Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.”
In this reading “"Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
later than; following
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
(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 I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading She'll soon come around.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
From this reading "Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She'll soon come around.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.
past form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading "She's only fainted," Godfrey said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's only fainted," Godfrey said.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
and nothing more
From this reading "She's only fainted," Godfrey said.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "She's only fainted," Godfrey said.
the quantity a scoop will hold
From this reading I must be off, or I'll miss my scoop, after all."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She'll soon come around.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's only fainted," Godfrey said.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.
in the near future
From this reading She'll soon come around.
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "Put some water on her face and chafe her hands.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
in or at the place that
From this reading Under Suspicion We carried her up the stair and placed her on a couch in the room where her sister lay.
Chapter 19 of That Affair at Elizabeth by Burton Egbert Stevenson holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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