Chapter 5 of The Bride of Fort Edward is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Bride of Fort Edward is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Mrs. G_. Go call her, Annie. Hours ago it was I sent her there. I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came. Call her, my child.
Chapter 5 of The Bride of Fort Edward is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading “Hours ago it was I sent her there.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Go call her, Annie.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Call her, my child.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “Hours ago it was I sent her there.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “Hours ago it was I sent her there.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.”
a request to be present
From this reading “I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.”
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in the past
From this reading Hours ago it was I sent her there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go call her, Annie.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Go call her, Annie.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Call her, my child.
an old word for “before”
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading _Mrs. G_.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go call her, Annie.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Go call her, Annie.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Hours ago it was I sent her there.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Hours ago it was I sent her there.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Hours ago it was I sent her there.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading _Mrs. G_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Call her, my child.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Hours ago it was I sent her there.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
a request to be present
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Hours ago it was I sent her there.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought she might get some little sleep ere the summons came.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hours ago it was I sent her there.
Chapter 5 of The Bride of Fort Edward by Delia Salter Bacon holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 5 holds 440 sentences of The Bride of Fort Edward, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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