Chapter 13 of The Making of Mona is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Making of Mona is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband. "Has the boat come in? Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse? Has anyone heard or seen anything of my husband?" She panted feebly.
Chapter 13 of The Making of Mona is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “Has anyone heard or seen anything of my husband?"”
in a faint and feeble manner
From this reading “She panted feebly.”
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading “When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.”
in a compassionate manner
From this reading “When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.”
past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “She panted feebly.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.”
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading “When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.”
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be restored
In this reading “When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.”
suffer from a disease that kills shoots
In this reading “Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?”
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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 When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
any person at all
From this reading Has anyone heard or seen anything of my husband?"
any thing at all
From this reading Has anyone heard or seen anything of my husband?"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Has the boat come in?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Has the boat come in?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
opinion or judgment
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
in a faint and feeble manner
From this reading She panted feebly.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Has the boat come in?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Has anyone heard or seen anything of my husband?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Has the boat come in?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
in a compassionate manner
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Has anyone heard or seen anything of my husband?"
immediately following in time or order
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading She panted feebly.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Has anyone heard or seen anything of my husband?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
a state of acute pain
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
at the time that
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When poor Lucy Carne next opened her eyes and came back with a sigh to the horrors and suffering of which she had for a time been mercifully unconscious, her first thought was for her husband.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Did the storm die down?--or did it get worse?
Chapter 13 of The Making of Mona by Mabel Quiller-Couch holds 268 sentences, grouped into 54 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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