Chapter 16 of The Limit is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Limit is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster. This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common. It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been. Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
Chapter 16 of The Limit is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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called to public attention
From this reading “It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.”
plural of “cottage” — a small house with a single story
From this reading “It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.”
any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
From this reading “FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.”
regarded with aversion
From this reading “Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.”
plural of “firm” — the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
From this reading “It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.”
promote the growth of
From this reading “FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.”
resisting control or authority
From this reading “Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.”
-ing form of “ware” — spend extravagantly
From this reading “Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.”
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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 This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
called to public attention
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
(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 It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
any thing at all
From this reading Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
a small house with a single story
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
plural of “cottage” — a small house with a single story
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
From this reading FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.
regarded with aversion
From this reading Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
plural of “firm” — the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
promote the growth of
From this reading FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.
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From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
a farewell remark
From this reading FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
resisting control or authority
From this reading Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
express in words
From this reading FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
with sincerity; without pretense
From this reading Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This lady lived in a kind of model cottage in a garden in Ham Common.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FOSTER Daphne had come to say good-bye to Mrs. Foster.
-ing form of “ware” — spend extravagantly
From this reading Mrs. Foster was rebellious to Waring, and sincerely disliked anything modern.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
widely or fully known
From this reading It was not at all like the ideal, 'quaint' model cottages that one sees advertised by well-known firms of furnishers, though it might have been.
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