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A Plucky Girl
A Plucky Girl

Chapter XXVII

Chapter 27 of A Plucky Girl is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By L. T. Meade • Curated US English Learning Edition
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TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.
I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.
I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.
The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.
People had come and gone.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Plucky Girl

Chapter XXVII

Chapter 27 of A Plucky Girl is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.
/tuː leɪt ɑːn ðə ˈiːvnɪŋ ʌv ˈmʌðərz ˈfjuːnərəl aɪ wɑːz ˈsɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈlɪtəl ruːm/
Line 2
I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.
Line 3
I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.
/aɪ hæd ɡɔːn θruː aɪ θɔːt ˈevəri feɪz ʌv ɪˈmoʊʃən ənd aɪ wɑːz nɑːt ˈfiːlɪŋ ˈeniθɪŋ dʒʌst ðen aɪ wɑːz ˈsɪtɪŋ ˈkwaɪət ɪn ə sɔːrt ʌv ˈstuːpər/
Line 4
The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.
/ðə deɪz wɪtʃ hæd ˌɪntərˈviːnd bɪˈtwiːn ˈmʌðərz deθ ənd hɜːr ˈfjuːnərəl hæd bɪn pækt fʊl ʌv ɪˈvents/
Line 5
People had come and gone.
/ˈpiːpəl hæd kʌm ənd ɡɔːn/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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arranged adjective US /ərˈeɪndʒd/

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

From this reading “I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
emotion noun US /ɪˈmoʊʃən/

any strong feeling

From this reading “I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
funeral noun US /ˈfjuːnərəl/

a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

From this reading “TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.”

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intervened verb US /ˌɪntərˈviːnd/

past form of “intervene” — get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

From this reading “The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mother's noun US /ˈmʌðərz/

possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading “TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.”

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packed adjective US /pækt/

extremely crowed or filled to capacity

From this reading “The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.”

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phase noun US /feɪz/

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading “I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stupor noun US /ˈstuːpər/

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

From this reading “I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

intervened between verb + particle counted as “intervene between”

In this reading “The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.”

808 times in 225,867 chapters
TOO LATE adverb + adjective

In this reading “TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.”

38,991 times in 225,867 chapters
little room adjective + noun

In this reading “TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.”

9,163 times in 225,867 chapters
On the evening preposition + article + noun counted as “on … evening”

In this reading “TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.”

6,217 times in 225,867 chapters

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
arrangedadjectiveUS /ərˈeɪndʒd/

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

From this reading I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

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betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading People had come and gone.

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daysnounUS /deɪz/

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

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deathnounUS /deθ/

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

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emotionnounUS /ɪˈmoʊʃən/

any strong feeling

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

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eventsnounUS /ɪˈvents/

plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
feelingnounUS /ˈfiːlɪŋ/

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fulladjectiveUS /fʊl/

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
funeralnounUS /ˈfjuːnərəl/

a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.

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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

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IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

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intervenedverbUS /ˌɪntərˈviːnd/

past form of “intervene” — get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Jane

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From this reading I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.

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justadverbUS /dʒʌst/

and nothing more

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
LATEadjectiveUS /leɪt/

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mother'snounUS /ˈmʌðərz/

possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

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OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
packedadjectiveUS /pækt/

extremely crowed or filled to capacity

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
PeoplenounUS /ˈpiːpəl/

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading People had come and gone.

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phasenounUS /feɪz/

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
quiteadverbUS /kwaɪt/

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.

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roomnounUS /ruːm/

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sittingnounUS /ˈsɪtɪŋ/

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sortnounUS /sɔːrt/

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stupornounUS /ˈstuːpər/

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
throughprepositionUS /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading I had gone through, I thought, every phase of emotion, and I was not feeling anything just then; I was sitting quiet, in a sort of stupor.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading I had the little room quite to myself, Jane had arranged that.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
TOOadverbUS /tuː/

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading TOO LATE On the evening of mother's funeral, I was sitting in the little room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The days which had intervened between mother's death and her funeral had been packed full of events.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 27 of A Plucky Girl by L. T. Meade holds 168 sentences, grouped into 34 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.

What does chapter 27 of A Plucky Girl contain?

Chapter 27 holds 168 sentences of A Plucky Girl, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 27 of A Plucky Girl by L. T. Meade exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 168 sentences, grouped into 34 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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