Chapter 6 of Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm. "Isn't she clean and pretty? _Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?" "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity. "What do you think of young Foster?
Chapter 6 of Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “"I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “"I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.”
a feeling of excitement
From this reading “"I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.”
promote the growth of
From this reading “"What do you think of young Foster?”
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
From this reading “"I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.”
a largely agricultural county in central England
From this reading “"I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “_Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?"”
not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
From this reading “"I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Isn't she clean and pretty?
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading _Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading "Isn't she clean and pretty?
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you think of young Foster?
a feeling of excitement
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
promote the growth of
From this reading "What do you think of young Foster?
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Isn't she clean and pretty?
a largely agricultural county in central England
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading _Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What do you think of young Foster?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading _Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?"
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading "Isn't she clean and pretty?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Isn't she clean and pretty?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "What do you think of young Foster?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
From this reading "I must look about for some one to help me to sail her," said Mr. Leicester, with uncommon gravity.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you think of young Foster?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I can ask the Out-of-Door Club one day next week," announced Betty, with great enthusiasm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Won't_ Aunt Barbara like her, papa?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you think of young Foster?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "What do you think of young Foster?
Chapter 6 of Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls by Sarah Orne Jewett holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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