Chapter 16 of The Orange Girl is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of The Orange Girl is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten. 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born. You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up. Wait for a moment while I change my dress. I cannot go like this.
Chapter 16 of The Orange Girl is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
brought into existence
From this reading “'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “Wait for a moment while I change my dress.”
put on clothes
From this reading “Wait for a moment while I change my dress.”
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.”
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading “THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Wait for a moment while I change my dress.”
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.
temporarily
In this reading “Wait for a moment while I change my dress.”
In this reading “Wait for a moment while I change my dress.”
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
In this reading “You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.”
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 Wait for a moment while I change my dress.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
brought into existence
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I cannot go like this.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Wait for a moment while I change my dress.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
put on clothes
From this reading Wait for a moment while I change my dress.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I cannot go like this.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
a small worthless amount
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I cannot go like this.
a particular point in time
From this reading Wait for a moment while I change my dress.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
carry out
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I cannot go like this.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
precisely as stated
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Wait for a moment while I change my dress.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
in or at the place that
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
during the time that
From this reading Wait for a moment while I change my dress.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'And now,' she said, 'I will take you to the very place where I was born.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE BLACK JACK Jenny finished her story, much as you have heard it, though some has been forgotten.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You shall see for yourself the house, and my mother and my sister and the company among whom I was brought up.
Chapter 16 of The Orange Girl by Walter Besant holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 16 holds 395 sentences of The Orange Girl, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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