Chapter 12 of What a Man Wills is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of What a Man Wills is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Half a crown a day! She offered you _that_! Oh, my poor little girl!" And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh. "Don't cry.
Chapter 12 of What a Man Wills is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
again but in a new or different way
From this reading “And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.”
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading “"Half a crown a day!”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “"Don't cry.”
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “She offered you _that_!”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.”
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading “And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.”
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.
a youthful female person
In this reading “Oh, my poor little girl!"”
In this reading “And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.”
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 "Half a crown a day!
again but in a new or different way
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading "Half a crown a day!
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Don't cry.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Half a crown a day!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't cry.
a young female
From this reading Oh, my poor little girl!"
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading "Half a crown a day!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Oh, my poor little girl!"
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh, my poor little girl!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading She offered you _that_!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, my poor little girl!"
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Oh, my poor little girl!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She offered you _that_!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She offered you _that_!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And his voice was so low and tender that at the sound of it Norah sobbed afresh.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She offered you _that_!
Chapter 12 of What a Man Wills by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 12 holds 401 sentences of What a Man Wills, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of What a Man Wills by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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