Chapter 11 of A Dear Little Girl is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of A Dear Little Girl is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ADOPTED. As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise! We are going to see Mrs. MacDonald." Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips. Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
Chapter 11 of A Dear Little Girl is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading “ADOPTED.”
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!”
a soft partly suppressed laugh
From this reading “Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.”
inflected form of “clap” — put quickly or forcibly
From this reading “Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.”
a road leading up to a private house
From this reading “As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!”
restrictive of action
From this reading “Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.”
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 “Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.”
In this reading “Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading ADOPTED.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are going to see Mrs. MacDonald."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
a soft partly suppressed laugh
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
inflected form of “clap” — put quickly or forcibly
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
a road leading up to a private house
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
the act of departing
From this reading We are going to see Mrs. MacDonald."
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are going to see Mrs. MacDonald."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
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 As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
above and across; more than
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
restrictive of action
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We are going to see Mrs. MacDonald."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she looked up at her mother, repressing a little chuckle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Dorothy clapped her two hands over her mouth as if to keep in the secret that trembled upon her lips.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are going to see Mrs. MacDonald."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As the carriage turned into the driveway which led up to Mrs. MacDonald's house, Edna exclaimed, "O, I know the s'prise!
Chapter 11 of A Dear Little Girl by Amy Ella Blanchard holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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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