Chapter 36 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 313 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter 36 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 313 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THIS PICTURE AND THAT. The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would. Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist. It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding. "Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.
Chapter 36 of The End of a Coil is here in full — 313 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “"Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.”
American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
From this reading “Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.”
possessive form of “copley” — American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
From this reading “It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.”
past form of “grieve” — feel grief
From this reading “It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.”
elude, especially in a baffling way
From this reading “Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.”
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.”
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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 "Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THIS PICTURE AND THAT.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading "Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
possessive form of “copley” — American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
past form of “grieve” — feel grief
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
joined in matrimony
From this reading "Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
not any; not one
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
and nothing more
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading THIS PICTURE AND THAT.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
elude, especially in a baffling way
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THIS PICTURE AND THAT.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Mrs. Copley came into it, and then Mr. Copley could not resist.
in or at that place or location
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THIS PICTURE AND THAT.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading It only grieved Mrs. Copley's heart that there should be, as she said, no wedding.
(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 "Might as well be married in a barn!" she said.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The plan worked, as Dolly had known from the first, that it would.
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