Chapter 16 of A Colony of Girls is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of A Colony of Girls is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"IT WAS ONLY MY IMAGINATION." "May I come in, Aunt Helen?" "Certainly, dear." Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile. "Where were you all yesterday?
Chapter 16 of A Colony of Girls is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading “Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.”
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading “"May I come in, Aunt Helen?"”
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading “"IT WAS ONLY MY IMAGINATION."”
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.”
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.”
past form of “welcome” — accept gladly
From this reading “Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “"Where were you all yesterday?”
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.
seek information from
In this reading “Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
(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 "Where were you all yesterday?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "May I come in, Aunt Helen?"
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading "Certainly, dear."
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "May I come in, Aunt Helen?"
dearly loved
From this reading "Certainly, dear."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading "May I come in, Aunt Helen?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "May I come in, Aunt Helen?"
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading "IT WAS ONLY MY IMAGINATION."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "May I come in, Aunt Helen?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "IT WAS ONLY MY IMAGINATION."
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "May I come in, Aunt Helen?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "IT WAS ONLY MY IMAGINATION."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
and nothing more
From this reading "IT WAS ONLY MY IMAGINATION."
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "IT WAS ONLY MY IMAGINATION."
past form of “welcome” — accept gladly
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Where were you all yesterday?
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where were you all yesterday?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Aunt Helen looked up from the open Bible on her knee, and welcomed Jean with a cheery smile.
the day immediately before today
From this reading "Where were you all yesterday?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where were you all yesterday?
Chapter 16 of A Colony of Girls by Kate Livingston Willard holds 225 sentences, grouped into 45 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 16 holds 225 sentences of A Colony of Girls, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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