Chapter 26 of Vashti is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Vashti is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town." Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee. "Very well. Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter. Where is she?"
Chapter 26 of Vashti is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “"Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."”
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.”
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading “Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “"Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."”
with low volume
From this reading “Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."”
the act of creating written works
From this reading “Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.”
In this reading “Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where is she?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
with low volume
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
in the near future
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
express in words
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very well.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Very well.
in or at the place that
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Tell sister I will come to her as soon as I finish this letter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
the act of creating written works
From this reading Jessie Owen came softly up to the table where Dr. Grey sat writing, and stood with her hand on his knee.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Doctor Grey, sister says she wants to see you, before you go to town."
Chapter 26 of Vashti by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans holds 260 sentences, grouped into 52 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 26 holds 260 sentences of Vashti, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Vashti by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 260 sentences, grouped into 52 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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