Chapter 18 of The Andersons is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Andersons is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NEEDED TOUCH. "THREE months since I came! I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud. She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched. To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
Chapter 18 of The Andersons is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading “I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.”
garments that must be repaired
From this reading “She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.”
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading “A NEEDED TOUCH.”
mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch
From this reading “She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.”
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading “To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.”
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 “"THREE months since I came!”
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 NEEDED TOUCH.
(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 She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
for the reason that
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "THREE months since I came!
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "THREE months since I came!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
held dear
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
garments that must be repaired
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading "THREE months since I came!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading A NEEDED TOUCH.
above and across; more than
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "THREE months since I came!
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had been busy all the morning over some mending for her brother: singing to herself as she darned and patched.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "THREE months since I came!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading A NEEDED TOUCH.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading To work for him was a pure delight, because she loved him, and because he was good to her.
a late time of life
From this reading I seem to have been years in London,—years and years!" said Lettice aloud.
Chapter 18 of The Andersons by Agnes Giberne holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 18 holds 400 sentences of The Andersons, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of The Andersons by Agnes Giberne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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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