Chapter 24 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house. She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet. Cousin Georgiana was anxious to see Doss. She had something very important to tell her. Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear.
Chapter 24 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eagerly desirous
From this reading “Cousin Georgiana was anxious to see Doss.”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.”
greatly pleased
From this reading “Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear.”
sleep in a convenient place
From this reading “She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.”
of great significance or value
From this reading “She had something very important to tell her.”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.”
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading “Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.”
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.”
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.
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
In this reading “She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.”
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading “She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.”
In this reading “Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.”
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 She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
eagerly desirous
From this reading Cousin Georgiana was anxious to see Doss.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
greatly pleased
From this reading Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear.
sleep in a convenient place
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
of great significance or value
From this reading She had something very important to tell her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
a narrow way or road
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Cousin Georgiana was anxious to see Doss.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She had something very important to tell her.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear.
express in words
From this reading She had something very important to tell her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house.
precisely as stated
From this reading She had something very important to tell her.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cousin Georgiana was anxious to see Doss.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear.
but in spite of that
From this reading She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet.
Chapter 24 of The Blue Castle: a novel by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 335 sentences, grouped into 67 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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