Chapter 21 of The Forsaken Inn: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of The Forsaken Inn: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN THE OAK PARLOR. OCTOBER 20, 1791. The long expected move has been made. This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy. Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.
Chapter 21 of The Forsaken Inn: A Novel is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading “Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.”
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading “This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.”
in a keen or penetrating way
From this reading “Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.”
the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading “IN THE OAK PARLOR.”
keep busy with
From this reading “This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.”
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “OCTOBER 20, 1791.”
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading “IN THE OAK PARLOR.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.”
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From this reading OCTOBER 20, 1791.
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From this reading OCTOBER 20, 1791.
commonly used or practiced; usual
From this reading Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The long expected move has been made.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
a female human offspring
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading The long expected move has been made.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The long expected move has been made.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE OAK PARLOR.
in a keen or penetrating way
From this reading Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.
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 The long expected move has been made.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The long expected move has been made.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The long expected move has been made.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading IN THE OAK PARLOR.
keep busy with
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading OCTOBER 20, 1791.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading IN THE OAK PARLOR.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Her daughter had been accustomed to living on one floor, and felt the stairs keenly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE OAK PARLOR.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This morning madame asked me if I had not some room on the ground floor which I could give to her daughter and her in exchange for the one they now occupy.
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