Chapter 1 of A Girton Girl is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A Girton Girl is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ AUTHOR OF ‘ARCHIE LOVELL,’ ‘OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?’ ETC. O Women, Women! O our frail frail sex! No wonder tragedies are made from us.
Chapter 1 of A Girton Girl is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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physically weak
From this reading “O our frail frail sex!”
English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
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used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
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activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading “O our frail frail sex!”
plural of “tragedy” — an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading “No wonder tragedies are made from us.”
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “+-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ AUTHOR OF ‘ARCHIE LOVELL,’ ‘OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?’”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “No wonder tragedies are made from us.”
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ AUTHOR OF ‘ARCHIE LOVELL,’ ‘OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?’
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading No wonder tragedies are made from us.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ETC.
physically weak
From this reading O our frail frail sex!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No wonder tragedies are made from us.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ AUTHOR OF ‘ARCHIE LOVELL,’ ‘OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?’
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading No wonder tragedies are made from us.
not any; not one
From this reading No wonder tragedies are made from us.
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 O Women, Women!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ AUTHOR OF ‘ARCHIE LOVELL,’ ‘OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?’
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading O our frail frail sex!
activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading O our frail frail sex!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ AUTHOR OF ‘ARCHIE LOVELL,’ ‘OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?’
plural of “tragedy” — an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading No wonder tragedies are made from us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No wonder tragedies are made from us.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
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the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ AUTHOR OF ‘ARCHIE LOVELL,’ ‘OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?’
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading O Women, Women!
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading No wonder tragedies are made from us.
Chapter 1 of A Girton Girl by Annie, -1896 Edwards holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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 1 holds 164 sentences of A Girton Girl, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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