Chapter 2 of The House of the Misty Star A Romance is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The House of the Misty Star A Romance is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse. Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone. The blight had come. On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague. She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
Chapter 2 of The House of the Misty Star A Romance is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a state or condition being blighted
From this reading “The blight had come.”
a long and thoughtful observation
From this reading “Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.”
agreeably diverting
From this reading “She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.”
cause to feel enthusiasm
From this reading “Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.”
physically weak
From this reading “On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.”
lacking spirit or liveliness
From this reading “Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.”
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading “On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.”
past form of “stamp” — walk heavily
From this reading “On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.”
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 Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
a state or condition being blighted
From this reading The blight had come.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
a person who is in charge
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The blight had come.
a long and thoughtful observation
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
agreeably diverting
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
cause to feel enthusiasm
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
divisible by two
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
physically weak
From this reading On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The blight had come.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
lacking spirit or liveliness
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.
past form of “stamp” — walk heavily
From this reading On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even the contemplation of that happy state failed to enthuse.
precisely as stated
From this reading She greeted me in very broken English, then left the chief duty of entertaining to the mother.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Languid and a bit sad, her hold on life was gone.
a Caucasian
From this reading On her frail beauty was stamped the sign of the white plague.
Chapter 2 of The House of the Misty Star A Romance by Frances Little holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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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