Chapter 4 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03, Fiction is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03, Fiction is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again. Never any more. I am going to stay with my dear husband. We have been married above two months. Go home without me, my own Esther; I shall never go home any more."
Chapter 4 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03, Fiction is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “We have been married above two months.”
an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
From this reading “"Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “"Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “I am going to stay with my dear husband.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “We have been married above two months.”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “We have been married above two months.”
with low volume
From this reading “"Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “I am going to stay with my dear husband.”
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.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading We have been married above two months.
an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
anew
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Never any more.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We have been married above two months.
dearly loved
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go home without me, my own Esther; I shall never go home any more."
the act of departing
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have been married above two months.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading I am going to stay with my dear husband.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
joined in matrimony
From this reading We have been married above two months.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Go home without me, my own Esther; I shall never go home any more."
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading We have been married above two months.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Never any more.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am going to stay with my dear husband.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never any more.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Go home without me, my own Esther; I shall never go home any more."
with low volume
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Go home without me, my own Esther; I shall never go home any more."
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I am going to stay with my dear husband.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am going to stay with my dear husband.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading We have been married above two months.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Esther, dear," Ada said, very quietly, "I am not going home again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have been married above two months.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I am going to stay with my dear husband.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Go home without me, my own Esther; I shall never go home any more."
Chapter 4 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03, Fiction by Arthur [Editor] Mee holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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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