Chapter 7 of The Great Accident is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Great Accident is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident. An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden. Hetty was a girl Wint’s own age. She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life. She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
Chapter 7 of The Great Accident is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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gotten through environmental forces
From this reading “An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.”
brought into existence
From this reading “She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.”
possessive form of “chase” — the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to
From this reading “An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.”
a single distinct event
From this reading “HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.”
at the same time but in another place
From this reading “HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.”
very recently
From this reading “An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.”
(of games) engaged in
From this reading “She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.”
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 “An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.”
In this reading “Hetty was a girl Wint’s own age.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading “She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.”
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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 HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
gotten through environmental forces
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
how long something has existed
From this reading Hetty was a girl Wint’s own age.
(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 She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
brought into existence
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
possessive form of “chase” — the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
a young female
From this reading Hetty was a girl Wint’s own age.
destroyed or killed
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
in a subordinate position
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
a single distinct event
From this reading HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
very recently
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Hetty was a girl Wint’s own age.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
an educational institution
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been born in Hardiston, had lived in Hardiston all her life.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HETTY MORFEE In the meanwhile, a single incident.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hetty was a girl Wint’s own age.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She and Wint had gone to school together; they had played together; they had been friends all their lives.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hetty was a girl Wint’s own age.
in the company of; together with
From this reading An incident concerning itself with Hetty Morfee, Mrs. Chase’s newly acquired handmaiden.
Chapter 7 of The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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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