Chapter 8 of Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once. I was extremely business-like and formal. She was neither. That is the worst of women. “Please let me stay,” she said.
Chapter 8 of Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading “I was extremely business-like and formal.”
(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
From this reading “I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.”
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
From this reading “I was extremely business-like and formal.”
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
From this reading “I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading ““Please let me stay,” she said.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading ““Please let me stay,” she said.”
the least favorable outcome
From this reading “That is the worst of women.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was extremely business-like and formal.
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading I was extremely business-like and formal.
(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
From this reading I was extremely business-like and formal.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is the worst of women.
go away from a place
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Please let me stay,” she said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Please let me stay,” she said.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading She was neither.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That is the worst of women.
on one occasion
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please let me stay,” she said.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Please let me stay,” she said.
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From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was neither.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Please let me stay,” she said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is the worst of women.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That is the worst of women.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I sent for Nurse Fielding, and told her to get ready to leave for headquarters at once.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was extremely business-like and formal.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading That is the worst of women.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading That is the worst of women.
Chapter 8 of Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Henry Seton Merriman holds 425 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 8 holds 425 sentences of Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Henry Seton Merriman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 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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