Chapter 1 of Virgie's Inheritance is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Virgie's Inheritance is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler. "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race." "Papa!" "My strength is failing rapidly. It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
Chapter 1 of Virgie's Inheritance is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
overtaken by night or darkness
From this reading “Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.”
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading “"My strength is failing rapidly.”
the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading “Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.”
third-person singular of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally
From this reading “Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"Papa!"”
with speed
From this reading “"My strength is failing rapidly.”
a person who changes location
From this reading “Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.
overtaken by night or darkness
From this reading Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
a flaw or weak point
From this reading "My strength is failing rapidly.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
third-person singular of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally
From this reading Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "My strength is failing rapidly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My strength is failing rapidly.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "Papa!"
any competition
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
with speed
From this reading "My strength is failing rapidly.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading "My strength is failing rapidly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
a person who changes location
From this reading Introduces our Heroine and a Benighted Traveler.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Virgie, I shall have to give up the race."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all that I could do to creep home to-night.
Chapter 1 of Virgie's Inheritance by Georgie, Mrs. Sheldon holds 106 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 1 holds 106 sentences of Virgie's Inheritance, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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