Chapter 7 of Betty Alden is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Betty Alden is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORTON OF MERRY MOUNT. “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft? Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?” “Good-morrow, Captain Standish. The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
Chapter 7 of Betty Alden is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
From this reading “Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?””
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
From this reading “Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?””
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading “MORTON OF MERRY MOUNT.”
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading “The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.””
a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
From this reading “Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?””
English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
From this reading ““Good-morrow, Captain Standish.”
a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
From this reading ““Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading ““Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?”
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.
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In this reading “The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “Good-morrow, Captain Standish.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
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From this reading “Good-morrow, Captain Standish.
the head of a state government
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
the chief steward or butler of a great household
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
engage in
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading MORTON OF MERRY MOUNT.
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading MORTON OF MERRY MOUNT.
attach to a support
From this reading MORTON OF MERRY MOUNT.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MORTON OF MERRY MOUNT.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
plural of “spaniard” — a native or inhabitant of Spain
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
catch sight of
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
From this reading “Good-morrow, Captain Standish.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Are the Don Spaniards coming to invade New Plymouth, or has the king sent to impress you as major-domo of the royal hand?”
a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
(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 “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
which person or people
From this reading The governor lent me his perspective glass, and sent me up on the hill to spy out who was coming.”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, Master Trumpeter, and what do you make of yon craft?
Chapter 7 of Betty Alden by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin holds 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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 54 sentences of Betty Alden, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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