Chapter 5 of The Heir: A Love Story is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Heir: A Love Story is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What a long time you’ve been, Paul. I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.” “So we have. I’d quite forgotten. We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
Chapter 5 of The Heir: A Love Story is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
From this reading “We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.””
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.””
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.””
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “I’d quite forgotten.”
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading “We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.””
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.””
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading ““What a long time you’ve been, Paul.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.””
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In this reading “I’d quite forgotten.”
a prolonged period of time
In this reading ““What a long time you’ve been, Paul.”
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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 “What a long time you’ve been, Paul.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
for the reason that
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “What a long time you’ve been, Paul.
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading I’d quite forgotten.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “So we have.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d quite forgotten.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
and nothing more
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
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 “What a long time you’ve been, Paul.
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “What a long time you’ve been, Paul.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading I’d quite forgotten.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So we have.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We must give them champagne,” he said mechanically; “they’ll expect it.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “What a long time you’ve been, Paul.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “So we have.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was just thinking, I shan’t be able to try that Patience to-morrow evening, because we’ve got the Howard-Ellises coming to dinner.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a long time you’ve been, Paul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What a long time you’ve been, Paul.
Chapter 5 of The Heir: A Love Story by V. (Victoria) Sackville-West holds 459 sentences, grouped into 92 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 5 holds 459 sentences of The Heir: A Love Story, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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