Chapter 9 of Venna Hastings is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Venna Hastings is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give! Venna was late to her entertainment. Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days. Would Venna mind if she were alone that long? If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
Chapter 9 of Venna Hastings is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.”
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading “If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!”
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading “Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.”
an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
From this reading “Venna was late to her entertainment.”
light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading “If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!”
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading “If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.”
past form of “telephone” — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
From this reading “Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.”
of worldwide scope or applicability
From this reading “If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading Would Venna mind if she were alone that long?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
past form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
From this reading Venna was late to her entertainment.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Venna was late to her entertainment.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Would Venna mind if she were alone that long?
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Would Venna mind if she were alone that long?
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would Venna mind if she were alone that long?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
past form of “telephone” — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Venna was late to her entertainment.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
of worldwide scope or applicability
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Venna was late to her entertainment.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Venna was late to her entertainment.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Would Venna mind if she were alone that long?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
in the company of; together with
From this reading If so, Anna told her to come in with Stella and the baby.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If Dame Gossip enjoyed revelling in the good instead of the evil, what universal joy her tongue would give!
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Anna Halloway had telephoned that business would delay them in New York for several days.
Chapter 9 of Venna Hastings by Julia Farr holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 9 holds 163 sentences of Venna Hastings, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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