Chapter 18 of The Last Tenant is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18 of The Last Tenant is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOLLY. I continued the conversation. "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?" "Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago." "What was the name of her master?"
Chapter 18 of The Last Tenant is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 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.
in the past
From this reading “"That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"”
without stop or interruption
From this reading “I continued the conversation.”
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading “I continued the conversation.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “"What was the name of her master?"”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “MOLLY.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"What was the name of her master?"”
term of address for a man
From this reading “"Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago."”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago."”
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a prolonged period of time
In this reading “"That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"”
In this reading “"What was the name of her master?"”
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 "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
in the past
From this reading "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
without stop or interruption
From this reading I continued the conversation.
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading I continued the conversation.
at any time
From this reading "Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "What was the name of her master?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I continued the conversation.
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 "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading "What was the name of her master?"
popular aquarium fish
From this reading MOLLY.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "What was the name of her master?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What was the name of her master?"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago."
term of address for a man
From this reading "Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I continued the conversation.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "That must be a long time ago, Barbara?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What was the name of her master?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What was the name of her master?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Oh, yes, sir; ever so long ago."
Chapter 18 of The Last Tenant by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 18 holds 150 sentences of The Last Tenant, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of The Last Tenant by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Last Tenant, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
