Chapter 20 of The Bride of Mission San José is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Bride of Mission San José is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?" "Well, señora doña; many thanks. And thou?" "As you see." Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
Chapter 20 of The Bride of Mission San José is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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covered or wrapped with a bandage
From this reading “Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.”
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading “BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"”
harmed
From this reading “Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.”
with neatness
From this reading “Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “"Well, señora doña; many thanks.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"”
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.”
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 “"Well, señora doña; many thanks.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And thou?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As you see."
covered or wrapped with a bandage
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, señora doña; many thanks.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
harmed
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "Well, señora doña; many thanks.
with neatness
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "As you see."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, señora doña; many thanks.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading "Well, señora doña; many thanks.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading And thou?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
(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 "Well, señora doña; many thanks.
in the company of; together with
From this reading BITTER SWEET "Carmelita, little heart, how is it with thee?"
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading Señora Valentino held up her injured wrist neatly bandaged.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "As you see."
Chapter 20 of The Bride of Mission San José by John Augustine Cull holds 284 sentences, grouped into 57 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 20 holds 284 sentences of The Bride of Mission San José, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Bride of Mission San José by John Augustine Cull exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 284 sentences, grouped into 57 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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