Chapter 22 of Tommy and Grizel is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Tommy and Grizel is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife! David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again. Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry! "Me crying! Oh, no!"
Chapter 22 of Tommy and Grizel is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!”
demanding attention
From this reading “Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.”
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading “Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!”
make a promise or commitment
From this reading “David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.”
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anew
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
Having no one else present.
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
demanding attention
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
destroyed or killed
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Me crying!
not any; not one
From this reading Oh, no!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
make a promise or commitment
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
successive (without a break)
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading GRIZEL'S GLORIOUS HOUR Elspeth was to be his wife!
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading David had carried the wondrous promise straight to Grizel, and now he was gone and she was alone again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, foolish Grizel, are you crying, and I thought it was so hard to you to cry!
Chapter 22 of Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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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