Chapter 19 of We Can't Have Everything: A Novel is here in full — 261 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 19 of We Can't Have Everything: A Novel is here in full — 261 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Kedzie made a bad night of it. She hated her loneliness. She hated her room. She hated her maid. She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Chapter 19 of We Can't Have Everything: A Novel is here in full — 261 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
plural of “butler” — a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “She hated her loneliness.”
plural of “invitation” — a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
the state of being alone in solitary isolation
From this reading “She hated her loneliness.”
plural of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
flowing profusely
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
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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 Kedzie made a bad night of it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
plural of “butler” — a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading She hated her loneliness.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She hated her loneliness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
plural of “invitation” — a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
the state of being alone in solitary isolation
From this reading She hated her loneliness.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
a female domestic
From this reading She hated her maid.
plural of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
flowing profusely
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She hated her room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hated her loneliness.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
belonging to which person
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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