Chapter 19 of Barbara Hale: A Doctor's Daughter is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Barbara Hale: A Doctor's Daughter is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara. “Here.” “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?” Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke. “Oh, no, of course I didn’t,” sighed Dora.
Chapter 19 of Barbara Hale: A Doctor's Daughter is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “grumble” — show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
From this reading “NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.”
censure severely or angrily
From this reading “Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.”
resist doing something
From this reading “Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading ““Oh, no, of course I didn’t,” sighed Dora.”
be standing; be upright
From this reading ““Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?””
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading ““Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?””
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 “Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.”
as might be expected
In this reading ““Oh, no, of course I didn’t,” sighed Dora.”
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 “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
for the reason that
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Oh, no, of course I didn’t,” sighed Dora.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
in an expectant manner
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
past form of “grumble” — show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Here.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
and nothing more
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
information about recent and important events
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
not any; not one
From this reading “Oh, no, of course I didn’t,” sighed Dora.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, no, of course I didn’t,” sighed Dora.
censure severely or angrily
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
resist doing something
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Oh, no, of course I didn’t,” sighed Dora.
be standing; be upright
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Babs could not refrain from that much of a rebuke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
in the direction of
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why Dora, you didn’t have to stand waiting for me just because a letter came, did you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEWS FROM NICKY “I thought you’d never come,” grumbled Dora, holding the letter expectantly towards Barbara.
Chapter 19 of Barbara Hale: A Doctor's Daughter by Lilian Garis holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 19 holds 175 sentences of Barbara Hale: A Doctor's Daughter, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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