Chapter 19 of Betty Wales & Co.: A story for girls is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Betty Wales & Co.: A story for girls is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE AMAZING MR. SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON? No, not yet, but she’s coming. Everybody’s coming.” “K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.
Chapter 19 of Betty Wales & Co.: A story for girls is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surprising greatly
From this reading “THE AMAZING MR.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading ““K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “No, not yet, but she’s coming.”
at any time
From this reading ““K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.”
United States rock singer (1943-1971)
From this reading “SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?”
(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
From this reading “SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?”
but in spite of that
From this reading “No, not yet, but she’s coming.”
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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From this reading SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?
surprising greatly
From this reading THE AMAZING MR.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No, not yet, but she’s coming.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading No, not yet, but she’s coming.
at any time
From this reading “K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everybody’s coming.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “K. Kittredge is as comical as ever.
United States rock singer (1943-1971)
From this reading SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?
a form of address for a man
From this reading THE AMAZING MR.
not any; not one
From this reading No, not yet, but she’s coming.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading No, not yet, but she’s coming.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?
(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
From this reading SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, not yet, but she’s coming.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading SMITH AND OTHER AMAZEMENTS “RACHEL MORRISON?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AMAZING MR.
but in spite of that
From this reading No, not yet, but she’s coming.
Chapter 19 of Betty Wales & Co.: A story for girls by Edith K. (Edith Kellogg) Dunton holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 190 sentences of Betty Wales & Co.: A story for girls, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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