Chapter 15 of The Old Maids' Club is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Old Maids' Club is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MYSTERIOUS ADVERTISER. "JUNIOR WIDOWS' CLUB. "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had. The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner. Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
Chapter 15 of The Old Maids' Club is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
someone whose business is advertising
From this reading “THE MYSTERIOUS ADVERTISER.”
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading “The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.”
past form of “behave” — behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading “The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.”
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading “Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.”
following accepted customs and proprieties
From this reading “The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.”
a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
From this reading “"_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.”
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
From this reading “"JUNIOR WIDOWS' CLUB.”
plural of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “"JUNIOR WIDOWS' CLUB.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
someone whose business is advertising
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS ADVERTISER.
(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 Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
past form of “behave” — behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading "JUNIOR WIDOWS' CLUB.
following accepted customs and proprieties
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
dearly loved
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
a small worthless amount
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
From this reading "JUNIOR WIDOWS' CLUB.
and nothing more
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
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 Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
of an obscure nature
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS ADVERTISER.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
express in words
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS ADVERTISER.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Guy and I were able to have a real long chat and he told me all his troubles.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
plural of “widow” — a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading "JUNIOR WIDOWS' CLUB.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The baronet seemed greatly taken with Miss Jack and she with him, and they behaved in a conventional manner.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_Midnight._ "DEAR MISS DULCIMER, "Just a line to tell you what a lovely evening we have had.
Chapter 15 of The Old Maids' Club by Israel Zangwill holds 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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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