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Chapter 1 of The Bow of Orange Ribbon is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring." "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing? Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber. In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks. There, let us sleep.
Chapter 1 of The Bow of Orange Ribbon is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 56/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 276–280
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a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."”
take in marriage
From this reading “"Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading “There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."”
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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 There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
a female human offspring
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
a young female
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
an idle worthless person
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading There, let us sleep.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
take in marriage
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
not any; not one
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
on the contrary
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading There, let us sleep.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There, let us sleep.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
at the time that
From this reading There is no harm, I think, in a girl taking a few steps up when she puts on the wedding ring."
a Caucasian
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading In a word, I will have no Englishman among the Van Heemskirks.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Look, then, I would rather see her white and cold in the dead-chamber.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mean you that our little daughter should marry some English good-for-nothing?
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