Chapter 27 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing. To mention only two of these. “A man arrived to have a tooth out. “‘Will it hurt much, sir?’ “‘Rather.’
Chapter 27 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
From this reading “MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.”
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
From this reading “MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.”
be the source of pain
From this reading ““‘Will it hurt much, sir?’”
make reference to
From this reading “To mention only two of these.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.”
plural of “story” — 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 “MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.”
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
From this reading ““A man arrived to have a tooth out.”
possessive form of “ward” — a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
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.
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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 “A man arrived to have a tooth out.
providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “A man arrived to have a tooth out.
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “A man arrived to have a tooth out.
be the source of pain
From this reading “‘Will it hurt much, sir?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “‘Will it hurt much, sir?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “A man arrived to have a tooth out.
make reference to
From this reading To mention only two of these.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “‘Will it hurt much, sir?’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To mention only two of these.
and nothing more
From this reading To mention only two of these.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “A man arrived to have a tooth out.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
on the contrary
From this reading “‘Rather.’
term of address for a man
From this reading “‘Will it hurt much, sir?’
plural of “story” — 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 MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To mention only two of these.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To mention only two of these.
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
From this reading “A man arrived to have a tooth out.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading To mention only two of these.
possessive form of “ward” — a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading MORE JOTTINGS: AND HYDE PARK Geneviève Ward’s stories are endless and amusing.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “‘Will it hurt much, sir?’
Chapter 27 of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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 27 holds 162 sentences of Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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