Chapter 23 of The Home is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of The Home is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LEONORE TO EVA. "And so you are coming home? Coming really home soon, sweet Eva? Ah! I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
Chapter 23 of The Home is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading “I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!”
eagerly desirous
From this reading “I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"And so you are coming home?”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!”
full of or producing joy
From this reading “I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Coming really home soon, sweet Eva?”
in the near future
From this reading “Coming really home soon, sweet Eva?”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “Coming really home soon, sweet Eva?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah!
(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 I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And so you are coming home?
eagerly desirous
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And so you are coming home?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "And so you are coming home?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEONORE TO EVA.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "And so you are coming home?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
full of or producing joy
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEONORE TO EVA.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
and nothing more
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Coming really home soon, sweet Eva?
precisely, exactly
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "And so you are coming home?
in the near future
From this reading Coming really home soon, sweet Eva?
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Coming really home soon, sweet Eva?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LEONORE TO EVA.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
but in spite of that
From this reading I am so happy, so joyful on that account, and yet a little anxious: but don't mind that; come, only come, and all will be right!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And so you are coming home?
Chapter 23 of The Home by Fredrika Bremer holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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 23 holds 110 sentences of The Home, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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