Chapter 22 of Where There's a Will is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Where There's a Will is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more. It was all over! I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed. At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw. I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
Chapter 22 of Where There's a Will is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
From this reading “At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.”
an attack of hysteria
From this reading “I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.”
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.”
sit, as on a branch
From this reading “HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.”
done under pressure
From this reading “I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.”
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading “At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.”
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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 I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
(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 over!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
an attack of hysteria
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all over!
immediately past
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
no person; not anyone
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
above and across; more than
From this reading It was all over!
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
sit, as on a branch
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
done under pressure
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
be standing; be upright
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I put a pillow over my head so nobody could hear me, and then and there I had hysterics.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading I rushed to my room and threw myself on the bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOME TO ROOST I couldn't stand any more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all over!
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading At two-thirty I heard the bus come to the porte-cochere under my window and then drive away; that was the last straw.
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