Chapter 15 of Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left. The duchess was first to speak. "Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate. It is one common to women. It was my hard fate to be compelled to marry your father.
Chapter 15 of Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading “It was my hard fate to be compelled to marry your father.”
traveling across
From this reading “THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.”
a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
From this reading “THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.”
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading “The duchess was first to speak.”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “"Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.”
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading “THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.”
past form of “resign” — leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
From this reading “"Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.”
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
From this reading “THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.”
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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 THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
later than; following
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading It is one common to women.
inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading It was my hard fate to be compelled to marry your father.
traveling across
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading The duchess was first to speak.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading "Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading It was my hard fate to be compelled to marry your father.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The duchess was first to speak.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It was my hard fate to be compelled to marry your father.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is one common to women.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is one common to women.
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 THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
take in marriage
From this reading It was my hard fate to be compelled to marry your father.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was my hard fate to be compelled to marry your father.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
past form of “resign” — leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
From this reading "Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
express in speech
From this reading The duchess was first to speak.
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The duchess was first to speak.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The duchess was first to speak.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading It is one common to women.
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF A "T" Yolanda and her stepmother remained on the divan in silence for fully an hour after the duke had left.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Be resigned, sweet one, to your fate.
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