Chapter 12 of The step on the stair is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The step on the stair is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Has she no one to help her? Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?” “She has a helper.” “Ah! Who?”
Chapter 12 of The step on the stair is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?””
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading ““Has she no one to help her?”
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading ““She has a helper.””
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading “Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?””
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?””
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?””
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?””
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?””
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.
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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 “She has a helper.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Has she no one to help her?
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “Has she no one to help her?
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “She has a helper.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Has she no one to help her?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
not any; not one
From this reading “Has she no one to help her?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Has she no one to help her?
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Has she no one to help her?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Has she no one to help her?
(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 Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
which person or people
From this reading Who?”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Does she remain near him night as well as day, without rest and without change?”
Chapter 12 of The step on the stair by Anna Katharine Green holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 402 sentences of The step on the stair, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The step on the stair by Anna Katharine Green exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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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