Chapter 5 of Tutors' Lane is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Tutors' Lane is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up. Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack. Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work. There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation. Poor wilful girl!
Chapter 5 of Tutors' Lane is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an awkward manner
From this reading “Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.”
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.”
lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
From this reading “There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.”
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading “Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.”
(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance
From this reading “There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading “There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.”
reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
From this reading “Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.”
the quality of being significant
From this reading “Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.”
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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 There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
in an awkward manner
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
without doubt or question
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
apart from; not including
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
a young female
From this reading Poor wilful girl!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
highest in quality
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor wilful girl!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
the quality of being significant
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, indeed, was a sorry confession of inability to forget herself in the greatest interest of her nearest relation.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now was clearly not the time to renew the attack.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Henry was entirely put out, and he awkwardly got up.
done by design
From this reading Poor wilful girl!
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Nothing that Nancy had said was of the slightest significance, except her lack of interest in his work.
Chapter 5 of Tutors' Lane by W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon) Lewis holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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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