Chapter 4 of Two Little Waifs is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Two Little Waifs is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"WHAT IS TO BE DONE?" "That is the question." HAMLET. Yes, "what was to be done?" That was certainly the question.
Chapter 4 of Two Little Waifs is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “That was certainly the question.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “"WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"”
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading “HAMLET.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “"That is the question."”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, "what was to be done?"”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading That was certainly the question.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
a community of people smaller than a village
From this reading HAMLET.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "That is the question."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That is the question."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That is the question."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yes, "what was to be done?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "WHAT IS TO BE DONE?"
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, "what was to be done?"
Chapter 4 of Two Little Waifs by Mrs. Molesworth holds 262 sentences, grouped into 53 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 4 holds 262 sentences of Two Little Waifs, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Two Little Waifs by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 262 sentences, grouped into 53 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.
Work through the 53 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 196 minutes of reading across 473 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Two Little Waifs section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Two Little Waifs, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
