Chapter 7 of A Pair of Them is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of A Pair of Them is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!” Mary Jane opened her eyes. Then she rubbed them to see more clearly. Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say: “Oh!
Chapter 7 of A Pair of Them is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:”
without doubt or question
From this reading “Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “Mary Jane opened her eyes.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “Mary Jane opened her eyes.”
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading “Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.”
two times
From this reading “Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:”
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.
In this reading “ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
without doubt or question
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Mary Jane opened her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mary Jane opened her eyes.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mary Jane opened her eyes.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Mary Jane opened her eyes.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Mary Jane opened her eyes.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
express in words
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then she rubbed them to see more clearly.
two times
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Indeed, she rubbed them twice before she made out her mistake and was able to say:
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading ON THE WAY HOME “Well, upon my word!”
Chapter 7 of A Pair of Them by Evelyn Raymond holds 215 sentences, grouped into 43 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 7 holds 215 sentences of A Pair of Them, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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