Chapter X of An independent daughter, “Unto the Hills,” is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter X of An independent daughter, “Unto the Hills,” is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue. “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered. Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room? All higglety-pigglety up hyar. An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
Chapter X of An independent daughter, “Unto the Hills,” is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eagerly desirous
From this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
aroused to action
From this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?””
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading ““Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.”
a rester who is sleeping
From this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
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.
come into existence; take on form or shape
In this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
In this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
In this reading “A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.”
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 A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
(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 All higglety-pigglety up hyar.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
eagerly desirous
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
aroused to action
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All higglety-pigglety up hyar.
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All higglety-pigglety up hyar.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
not any; not one
From this reading An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
a rester who is sleeping
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ yuh ain’t sleep on dat baid ’thout no kivers, is yuh?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A tap on the door aroused the sleeper, and she sprang up hastily to see the anxious face of old Prue.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Law, honey,” she exclaimed, “I sutt’nly was skeered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huccome yuh ain’t sleep down in yo’ ma’s room?
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