Chapter 24 of Won at last is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Won at last is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SACRIFICE. AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms. “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath. “Maimie, how could you? We cannot part with you, darling.”
Chapter 24 of Won at last is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading “AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.”
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading ““O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading ““O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.”
a special loved one
From this reading “We cannot part with you, darling.””
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading ““O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.”
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
From this reading “THE SACRIFICE.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.”
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.”
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 ““O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We cannot part with you, darling.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Maimie, how could you?
a special loved one
From this reading We cannot part with you, darling.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Maimie, how could you?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading We cannot part with you, darling.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
From this reading THE SACRIFICE.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “O Aunt Marion!” and she gasped for breath.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SACRIFICE.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading AS Churton left the room, Maimie sprang across, and threw herself into my arms.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We cannot part with you, darling.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading We cannot part with you, darling.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Maimie, how could you?
Chapter 24 of Won at last by Agnes Giberne holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 24 holds 78 sentences of Won at last, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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