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The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II
The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II

Chapter XXVI

Chapter 26 of The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Casa Dodd, Florence.
Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.
They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.
Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?
I will tell you, Kitty.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II

Chapter XXVI

Chapter 26 of The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Casa Dodd, Florence.
Line 2
Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.
Line 3
They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.
Line 4
Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?
/waɪ ðen wɪl juː seɪ hæv ðeɪ met ðɪs feɪt/
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I will tell you, Kitty.
/aɪ wɪl tel juː ˈkɪti/

Learner Dictionary

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

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

anxieties noun US /æŋˈzaɪətiz/

plural of “anxiety” — (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

From this reading “They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.”

consigned verb US /kənˈsaɪnd/

past form of “consign” — commit forever; commit irrevocably

From this reading “Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.”

flames noun US /fleɪmz/

plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

From this reading “Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.”

Florence noun US /ˈflɔːrəns/

a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries

From this reading “Casa Dodd, Florence.”

journal noun US /ˈdʒɜːrnəl/

a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

From this reading “They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.”

Kitty noun US /ˈkɪti/

the combined stakes of the betters

From this reading “Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.”

Seventeen adjective US /ˈsevənˈtiːn/

being one more than sixteen

From this reading “Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.”

terrors noun US /ˈterərz/

plural of “terror” — an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading “They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.”

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.

closely written adverb + adjective

In this reading “Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.”

written pages adjective + noun counted as “written page”

In this reading “Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.”

All words in this reading · 43

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.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

anxietiesnounUS /æŋˈzaɪətiz/

plural of “anxiety” — (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

Casa

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

From this reading Casa Dodd, Florence.

closelyadverbUS /ˈkloʊsli/

in a close relation or position in time or space

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

consignedverbUS /kənˈsaɪnd/

past form of “consign” — commit forever; commit irrevocably

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

containedadjectiveUS /kənˈteɪnd/

gotten under control

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

day-dreams

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

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

DearestnounUS /ˈdɪrəst/

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

Dodd

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

From this reading Casa Dodd, Florence.

fatenounUS /feɪt/

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?

flamesnounUS /fleɪmz/

plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

FlorencenounUS /ˈflɔːrəns/

a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries

From this reading Casa Dodd, Florence.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

heartnounUS /hɑːrt/

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

hopesnounUS /hoʊps/

plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

journalnounUS /ˈdʒɜːrnəl/

a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

justadverbUS /dʒʌst/

and nothing more

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

KittynounUS /ˈkɪti/

the combined stakes of the betters

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

metverbUS /met/

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

out-gushings

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

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

pagesnounUS /ˈpeɪdʒəz/

plural of “page” — 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 Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

sayverbUS /seɪ/

express in words

From this reading Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?

SeventeenadjectiveUS /ˈsevənˈtiːn/

being one more than sixteen

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

tellverbUS /tel/

express in words

From this reading I will tell you, Kitty.

terrorsnounUS /ˈterərz/

plural of “terror” — an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?

thoughtsnounUS /θɔːts/

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading They contained the journal of my life in Florence,--all my thoughts and hopes, my terrors, my anxieties, and my day-dreams.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

warmadjectiveUS /wɔːrm/

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

WhynounUS /waɪ/

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Why, then, will you say, have they met this fate?

writtenadjectiveUS /ˈrɪtən/

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Dearest Kitty,--Seventeen long and closely written pages to you--the warm out-gushings of my heart--have I just consigned to the flames.

Chapter 26 of The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles Lever holds 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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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