Chapter 13 of The Great Experience is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Great Experience is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Indifference begets indifference. Love begets Love. Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place. It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished. George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
Chapter 13 of The Great Experience is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “beget” — make (offspring) by reproduction
From this reading “Indifference begets indifference.”
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading “George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.”
to an extreme degree
From this reading “It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.”
unbiased impartial unconcern
From this reading “Indifference begets indifference.”
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading “George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.”
a polite refusal of an invitation
From this reading “George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.”
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 “Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.”
come to pass
In this reading “Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
third-person singular of “beget” — make (offspring) by reproduction
From this reading Indifference begets indifference.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
to an extreme degree
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
unbiased impartial unconcern
From this reading Indifference begets indifference.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Love begets Love.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
a polite refusal of an invitation
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading George was invited, but much to Edith's disappointed, he sent his regrets.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two months from the time that Edith announced her engagement, her marriage took place.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading It was an exceedingly quiet wedding, as Edith especially wished.
Chapter 13 of The Great Experience by Julia Farr holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 13 holds 166 sentences of The Great Experience, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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