Chapter 11 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I have given you all I have." "Where are you got the others hid?" "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank." Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage. "Who took it to Lancaster fur you?"
Chapter 11 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
From this reading “Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.”
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “"I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."”
past form of “deposit” — put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “"I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."”
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “"Who took it to Lancaster fur you?"”
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “"Where are you got the others hid?"”
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading “Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.”
a city in northwestern England
From this reading “"I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.”
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 "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "I have given you all I have."
pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
From this reading Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Where are you got the others hid?"
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."
past form of “deposit” — put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading "Who took it to Lancaster fur you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading "I have given you all I have."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Where are you got the others hid?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have given you all I have."
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading "Where are you got the others hid?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have given you all I have."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Who took it to Lancaster fur you?"
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.
a city in northwestern England
From this reading "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have deposited my money in a Lancaster bank."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Where are you got the others hid?"
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Where are you got the others hid?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Who took it to Lancaster fur you?"
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "Who took it to Lancaster fur you?"
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where are you got the others hid?"
which person or people
From this reading "Who took it to Lancaster fur you?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jacob Getz's face turned apoplectic with rage.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I have given you all I have."
Chapter 11 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid by Helen Reimensnyder Martin holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 11 holds 423 sentences of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid by Helen Reimensnyder Martin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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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