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The diary of Delia

Chapter XXIX

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ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.
The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.
Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.
Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.
Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.
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The diary of Delia

Chapter XXIX

Chapter 29 of The diary of Delia is here in full — 33 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/6 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.
Line 2
The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.
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Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.
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Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.
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Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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James noun US /dʒeɪmz/

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading “Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.”

lad noun US /læd/

a boy or man

From this reading “Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.”

page noun US /peɪdʒ/

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading “Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.”

paper noun US /ˈpeɪpər/

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading “Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.”

places noun US /ˈpleɪsəz/

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading “Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.”

sad adjective US /sæd/

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading “Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.”

summer noun US /ˈsʌmər/

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading “Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.”

weeks noun US /wiːks/

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading “ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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 the city preposition + article + noun counted as “in … city”

In this reading “Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.”

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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.

1st

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

aginst

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

agrissive

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

announsing

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From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

ANOTHERdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

bauld

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

citynounUS /ˈsɪti/

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

Claire's

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From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

DAYnounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

doingverbUS /ˈduːɪŋ/

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

familynounUS /ˈfæməli/

a social unit living together

From this reading The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.

famiss

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

fineadjectiveUS /faɪn/

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

frum

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

frunt

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

hardlyadverbUS /ˈhɑːrdli/

only a very short time before

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

hoose

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

housenounUS /haʊs/

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

ingagemint

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From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

intyre

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

JamesnounUS /dʒeɪmz/

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

JohnnounUS /dʒɑːn/

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

keptadjectiveUS /kept/

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.

ladnounUS /læd/

a boy or man

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

MissverbUS /mɪs/

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/

a form of address for a man

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

oop

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

pagenounUS /peɪdʒ/

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

papernounUS /ˈpeɪpər/

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

pichure

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

placesnounUS /ˈpleɪsəz/

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

pooblished

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

rayspictif

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

riter

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

riting

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

sadadjectiveUS /sæd/

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

shure

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

silinse

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From this reading The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.

sinse

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From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

Siptimber

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

spint

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

straynge

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Its a straynge and sad house its after being now.

subjeck

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From this reading The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.

summernounUS /ˈsʌmər/

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

theres

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

thray

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

to-day

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From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading The family kept silinse upon the subjeck.

Vandybilt

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From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

warld

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From this reading Mr. James do be a famiss riter and theres hardly a paper pooblished but has a pichure of himself looking out frum the frunt page, bauld and agrissive looking, for shure the lad do have his back oop aginst the intyre warld.

weeksnounUS /wiːks/

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading ANOTHER DAY It do be thray weeks to-day sinse Miss Claire’s after announsing her ingagemint to Mr. Vandybilt.

wint

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From this reading Both Mr. John and James wint back to there rayspictif places in the city on Siptimber 1st after having spint the intyre summer doing there fine riting at the hoose.

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Words and structures a reader meets early in The diary of Delia, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Siven
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The diary of Delia; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Washed
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The diary of Delia; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dressed
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The diary of Delia; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Kittle
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The diary of Delia; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.