Chapter 9 of That Fortune is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of That Fortune is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked. “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing. You shouldn't be so exclusive, Alice.” “Mother, I do believe she paints.” With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
Chapter 9 of That Fortune is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
From this reading ““Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading ““She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.”
not divided or shared with others
From this reading “You shouldn't be so exclusive, Alice.””
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading “With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.”
plural of “paint” — a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
From this reading ““Mother, I do believe she paints.””
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.”
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading ““She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.”
comparative of “sure” — having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.”
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From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You shouldn't be so exclusive, Alice.”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “Mother, I do believe she paints.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Mother, I do believe she paints.”
not divided or shared with others
From this reading You shouldn't be so exclusive, Alice.”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
destroyed or killed
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
plural of “paint” — a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
From this reading “Mother, I do believe she paints.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You shouldn't be so exclusive, Alice.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You shouldn't be so exclusive, Alice.”
comparative of “sure” — having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Oh, well,” said her mother, “I think she is very amusing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Patience, Mrs. Mavick felt on surer ground.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “She might have gone to the grave-yard without coming into the house,” Alice remarked.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You shouldn't be so exclusive, Alice.”
Chapter 9 of That Fortune by Charles Dudley Warner holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 177 sentences of That Fortune, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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