Chapter 12 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 2 is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 2 is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MY LORD AND MY LADY. The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level. It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter. A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly. Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.
Chapter 12 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 2 is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 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.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.”
delicately beautiful
From this reading “Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.”
a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
From this reading “The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.”
in a heated manner
From this reading “A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.”
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading “The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.”
set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction
From this reading “It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.”
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading “Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white 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.
In this reading “It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.”
In this reading “Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.”
In this reading “A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.”
to come or go into
In this reading “Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.”
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 A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY LORD AND MY LADY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.
rid of obstructions
From this reading A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.
delicately beautiful
From this reading Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.
put on clothes
From this reading Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
in a heated manner
From this reading A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading MY LORD AND MY LADY.
set down according to a plan
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
immediately past
From this reading It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading MY LORD AND MY LADY.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY LORD AND MY LADY.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction
From this reading It was the day following the one recorded in the last chapter.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading A clear, bright morning, the sun shining hotly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The breakfast-table was laid in Gloucester Place, waiting for Lord and Lady Level.
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.
a Caucasian
From this reading Blanche came in, wearing a dainty white dress.
Chapter 12 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 2 by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 284 sentences, grouped into 57 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 284 sentences of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 2, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Story of Charles Strange — Vol. 2 by Henry, Mrs. Wood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 284 sentences, grouped into 57 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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