Chapter 18 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her. “Hello. It’s morning. This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough. If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
Chapter 18 of Ariel Dances is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.”
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading “If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?”
an expression of greeting
From this reading ““Hello.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.”
move stealthily
From this reading “If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?”
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
From this reading “Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.”
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 “Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.”
In this reading “If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading “If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?”
In this reading “This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.”
In this reading “Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.”
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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 This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
the act of departing
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s morning.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It’s morning.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
no person; not anyone
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
move stealthily
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
in the direction of
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading This is my day off, Anne, and I’m going for a long walk up towards Scarborough.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anne was waked by Ariel putting the breakfast tray down on the bed beside her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you want to slip out with me and walk too, nobody would know, it’s so early, and then you could get back to college this afternoon, couldn’t you?
Chapter 18 of Ariel Dances by Ethel Cook Eliot 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.
Chapter 18 holds 168 sentences of Ariel Dances, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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