Chapter 9 of The Maidens' Lodge is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Maidens' Lodge is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This last elegant expression was caught from Molly. "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly." "Where did you get your notions. Fib? They are not the mode at all.
Chapter 9 of The Maidens' Lodge is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading “This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.”
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.”
a trivial lie
From this reading “Fib?”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “They are not the mode at all.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.”
plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading “"Where did you get your notions.”
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading “"Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."”
in an unwilling manner
From this reading “"Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."”
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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 They are not the mode at all.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are not the mode at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They are not the mode at all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Where did you get your notions.
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
a trivial lie
From this reading Fib?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Where did you get your notions.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
immediately past
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading They are not the mode at all.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They are not the mode at all.
plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading "Where did you get your notions.
on the contrary
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They are not the mode at all.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are not the mode at all.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
in an unwilling manner
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This last elegant expression was caught from Molly.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where did you get your notions.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Well, I am sure I would rather be refused than taken unwillingly."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where did you get your notions.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where did you get your notions.
Chapter 9 of The Maidens' Lodge by Emily Sarah Holt holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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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