Chapter 11 of The end of the house of Alard is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The end of the house of Alard is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Shall you be going away?” “No, I don’t think so. A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people. But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey. Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
Chapter 11 of The end of the house of Alard is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be able to spare or give up
From this reading “But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.”
in addition to; as well as
From this reading “Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.””
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading “But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.”
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.”
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading “But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.”
a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
From this reading “A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.””
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 “Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
be able to spare or give up
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Shall you be going away?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Shall you be going away?”
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, I don’t think so.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
the act of departing
From this reading “Shall you be going away?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No, I don’t think so.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
and nothing more
From this reading Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I don’t think so.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Shall you be going away?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “No, I don’t think so.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But he lives in Scotland, and I can’t afford the journey.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “No, I don’t think so.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A man I was with at Winchester asked me to come and stop with his people.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Besides it wouldn’t be worth it just for a week.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Shall you be going away?”
Chapter 11 of The end of the house of Alard by Sheila Kaye-Smith holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 11 holds 421 sentences of The end of the house of Alard, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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