Chapter 14 of A Bevy of Girls is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of A Bevy of Girls is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I don't mind. Tell me where it is." "Well; there's the village yonder. You foller your nose and you'll get it. By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
Chapter 14 of A Bevy of Girls is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading “By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “You foller your nose and you'll get it.”
having a supporting base
From this reading “By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.”
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading “By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “"Well; there's the village yonder.”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “"Well; there's the village yonder.”
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In this reading “By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.”
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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 By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
later than; following
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
(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 By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
Having no one else present.
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You foller your nose and you'll get it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
an indefinite time in the future
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
a small house with a single story
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
travel across or pass over
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't mind.
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From this reading You foller your nose and you'll get it.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You foller your nose and you'll get it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't mind.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tell me where it is."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Tell me where it is."
and nothing more
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me where it is."
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "I don't mind.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading You foller your nose and you'll get it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
above and across; more than
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
having a supporting base
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
not in physical motion
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
express in words
From this reading Tell me where it is."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Well; there's the village yonder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well; there's the village yonder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By-and-by you'll cross the stream over a little bridge, but still foller after your nose, and you'll come to a cottage just at the side of the road, standing all alone.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading "Well; there's the village yonder.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well; there's the village yonder.
in or at the place that
From this reading Tell me where it is."
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading "Well; there's the village yonder.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You foller your nose and you'll get it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You foller your nose and you'll get it.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You foller your nose and you'll get it.
Chapter 14 of A Bevy of Girls by L. T. Meade holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
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