Chapter 4 of The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Philip?" "Yes, mother." "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?" "Oh, yes, mother, I understand." "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
Chapter 4 of The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading “"It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “"It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"”
plural of “date” — the specified day of the month
From this reading “"It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"”
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading “"It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"”
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading “"It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"”
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading “"It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “"Philip?"”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “"You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"”
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 “"You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"”
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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 "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
a youthful male person
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
plural of “date” — the specified day of the month
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, yes, mother, I understand."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
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From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Yes, mother."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, yes, mother, I understand."
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading "Philip?"
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
precisely as stated
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
a late time of life
From this reading "It's a big, grand place--it's what is described as an ancient place, and dates back hundreds and hundreds of years, and you, you--why, what is the matter, Philip?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, mother."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You quite understand that you have got to be a very good little boy?"
Chapter 4 of The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls by L. T. Meade holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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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