Chapter 26 of A Flock of Girls and Boys is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of A Flock of Girls and Boys is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Have you written it, Nelly?" "Yes, I have it here in my pocket. I'll show it to you when I get a chance." "Oh, show it now! There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
Chapter 26 of A Flock of Girls and Boys is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “I'll show it to you when I get a chance."”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.”
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “"Yes, I have it here in my pocket.”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “I'll show it to you when I get a chance."”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading “"Have you written it, Nelly?"”
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 I'll show it to you when I get a chance."
(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 There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading I'll show it to you when I get a chance."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I'll show it to you when I get a chance."
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you written it, Nelly?"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Yes, I have it here in my pocket.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I have it here in my pocket.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll show it to you when I get a chance."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes, I have it here in my pocket.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Have you written it, Nelly?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Yes, I have it here in my pocket.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Have you written it, Nelly?"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Oh, show it now!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, show it now!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading "Yes, I have it here in my pocket.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading I'll show it to you when I get a chance."
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'll show it to you when I get a chance."
at the time that
From this reading I'll show it to you when I get a chance."
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading "Have you written it, Nelly?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, I have it here in my pocket.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you written it, Nelly?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's as good a chance now as you'll have, for the rest of the girls are all on the other side of the room.
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