Chapter 23 of The Haunted Fountain: A Judy Bolton Mystery is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIII
Chapter 23 of The Haunted Fountain: A Judy Bolton Mystery is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered. When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father. She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know. “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking. “Mr. and Mrs. Farringdon-Pett are here to see you.”
Chapter 23 of The Haunted Fountain: A Judy Bolton Mystery is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the verbal act of requesting
From this reading ““Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.”
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.”
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.”
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading “She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.”
the present time or age
From this reading ““Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading ““Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.”
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading “She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.”
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 “Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.”
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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 She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
(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 Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Farringdon-Pett are here to see you.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Farringdon-Pett are here to see you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Farringdon-Pett are here to see you.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Farringdon-Pett are here to see you.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Mr. and Mrs. Farringdon-Pett are here to see you.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
in the near future
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
in or at that place or location
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
the present time or age
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lorraine’s Confession Everything was not all right, as Judy soon discovered.
(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 “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
at the time that
From this reading When she awoke Peter was not there, and neither was her father.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you feeling well enough to have visitors today?” the nurse was asking.
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading She had a younger nurse—a student whom she did not know.
Chapter 23 of The Haunted Fountain: A Judy Bolton Mystery by Margaret Sutton holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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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