Chapter 26 of Wait and Hope is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Wait and Hope is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston. Ben spent the night with him. "You've got a nice home," said our hero. "Yes," said the bookkeeper. "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
Chapter 26 of Wait and Hope is here in full — 107 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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a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.”
someone who records the transactions of a business
From this reading “"Yes," said the bookkeeper.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.”
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading “Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.”
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading “Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.”
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading “"You've got a nice home," said our hero.”
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
From this reading “Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.”
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
From this reading “Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.”
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 “"My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."”
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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 Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
Having no one else present.
From this reading "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
someone who records the transactions of a business
From this reading "Yes," said the bookkeeper.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "You've got a nice home," said our hero.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
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 Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading "You've got a nice home," said our hero.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ben spent the night with him.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "You've got a nice home," said our hero.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading "You've got a nice home," said our hero.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Ben spent the night with him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "You've got a nice home," said our hero.
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You've got a nice home," said our hero.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Ben spent the night with him.
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ben Finds a Boarding-Place Henry Porter had a fine suite of rooms in the Back Bay District of Boston.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "My rooms alone cost me fifteen dollars a week."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ben spent the night with him.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," said the bookkeeper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You've got a nice home," said our hero.
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