Chapter 3 of The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“But not alone. I am going with you, Doctor.” “Well, I will not oppose it. I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work. Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
Chapter 3 of The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 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.
a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
From this reading “I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.”
Having no one else present.
From this reading ““But not alone.”
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “I am going with you, Doctor.””
the act of departing
From this reading “I am going with you, Doctor.””
be against; express opposition to
From this reading ““Well, I will not oppose it.”
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading “Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.”
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.
a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “But not alone.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am going with you, Doctor.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But not alone.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading I am going with you, Doctor.”
the act of departing
From this reading I am going with you, Doctor.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am going with you, Doctor.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Well, I will not oppose it.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “But not alone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
be against; express opposition to
From this reading “Well, I will not oppose it.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
(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 will not oppose it.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Well, I will not oppose it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I am going with you, Doctor.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading I am an old man, and agitation wearies more than work.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I am going with you, Doctor.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yes; I’ll be thankful of your arm.
Chapter 3 of The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 3 holds 451 sentences of The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 sentences, grouped into 91 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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