Chapter 6 of The Hundred, and Other Stories is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Hundred, and Other Stories is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Make what excuse for me you please, then." "You won't come, Chloris?" "I think not. Not this evening. Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
Chapter 6 of The Hundred, and Other Stories is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading “Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.”
tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass
From this reading “"You won't come, Chloris?"”
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “Not this evening.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “"Make what excuse for me you please, then."”
engage in
From this reading “"Make what excuse for me you please, then."”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"Make what excuse for me you please, then."”
express in words
From this reading “Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.”
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 “"Make what excuse for me you please, then."”
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(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 Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass
From this reading "You won't come, Chloris?"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "You won't come, Chloris?"
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Not this evening.
accept an excuse for
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I think not.
engage in
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I think not.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
express in words
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "I think not.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Not this evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You won't come, Chloris?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Make what excuse for me you please, then."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Go by yourself, and tell me all the great changes to-morrow.
Chapter 6 of The Hundred, and Other Stories by Gertrude Hall Brownell holds 458 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 6 holds 458 sentences of The Hundred, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Hundred, and Other Stories by Gertrude Hall Brownell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 458 sentences, grouped into 92 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 92 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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