Chapter 12 of The Misses Mallett (The Bridge Dividing) is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Misses Mallett (The Bridge Dividing) is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Soup first,” he said. “I must go to-night. I can’t go back to Radstowe.” “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?” “What?”
Chapter 12 of The Misses Mallett (The Bridge Dividing) is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 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.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ““Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?””
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “I can’t go back to Radstowe.””
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading ““Soup first,” he said.”
go away from a place
From this reading ““Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?””
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““I must go to-night.”
a brief written record
From this reading ““Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?””
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading ““Soup first,” he said.”
in a way that was not expected
From this reading ““Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?””
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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 “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I can’t go back to Radstowe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can’t go back to Radstowe.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “Soup first,” he said.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I must go to-night.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Soup first,” he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I must go to-night.
go away from a place
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must go to-night.
a brief written record
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can’t go back to Radstowe.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Soup first,” he said.
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
From this reading “Soup first,” he said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I can’t go back to Radstowe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I must go to-night.
in a way that was not expected
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you,” he asked unexpectedly, “leave a note on your dressing-table?”
Chapter 12 of The Misses Mallett (The Bridge Dividing) by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 12 holds 420 sentences of The Misses Mallett (The Bridge Dividing), unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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