Chapter 13 of A Jolly Fellowship is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Jolly Fellowship is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CORONATION. In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way. Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much. So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation. We designed this flag among us.
Chapter 13 of A Jolly Fellowship is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
From this reading “Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.”
the ceremony of installing a new monarch
From this reading “THE CORONATION.”
done or made or performed with purpose and intent
From this reading “We designed this flag among us.”
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading “So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.”
possessive form of “queen” — the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.”
gather
From this reading “In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.”
characterized by dignity and propriety
From this reading “So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.”
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.”
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading We designed this flag among us.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
for the reason that
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
the ceremony of installing a new monarch
From this reading THE CORONATION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
done or made or performed with purpose and intent
From this reading We designed this flag among us.
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
possessive form of “queen” — the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
gather
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Corny couldn't come, because her mother said she must not be running around so much.
characterized by dignity and propriety
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CORONATION.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We designed this flag among us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We designed this flag among us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In the afternoon, we had our grand rally at the Queen's Stair-way.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading So she staid at home and worked on the new flag for the coronation.
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