Chapter 12 of Wilfrid Cumbermede is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Wilfrid Cumbermede is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLEY NURSES ME. I saw no more of Clara. Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly. Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded. I was in great pain for more than a week.
Chapter 12 of Wilfrid Cumbermede is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.”
propose a payment
From this reading “Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.”
in a serious manner
From this reading “Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.”
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading “Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.”
plural of “nurse” — one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
From this reading “CHARLEY NURSES ME.”
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading “Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.”
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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 Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
propose a payment
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
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From this reading CHARLEY NURSES ME.
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From this reading I saw no more of Clara.
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From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
in a serious manner
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
a farewell remark
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I was in great pain for more than a week.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I saw no more of Clara.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was in great pain for more than a week.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CHARLEY NURSES ME.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I saw no more of Clara.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
not any; not one
From this reading I saw no more of Clara.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
plural of “nurse” — one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
From this reading CHARLEY NURSES ME.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I saw no more of Clara.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading I was in great pain for more than a week.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw no more of Clara.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I was in great pain for more than a week.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
precisely as stated
From this reading Mr Coningham came to bid me good-bye, and spoke very kindly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was in great pain for more than a week.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I was in great pain for more than a week.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
past form of “yield” — be the cause or source of
From this reading Mr Forest would have got a nurse for me, but Charley begged so earnestly to be allowed to return the service I had done for him that he yielded.
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