Chapter 13 of Betty Wales decides is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Betty Wales decides is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM. MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends. But she declined them all. “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes. So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
Chapter 13 of Betty Wales decides is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
From this reading ““You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.”
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
From this reading “So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.””
a large number or amount
From this reading “MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.”
plural of “invitation” — a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading “MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.”
plural of “miss” — a young female
From this reading ““You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.”
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading “MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM.”
a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
From this reading “MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.”
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In this reading “MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.”
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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 “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But she declined them all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she declined them all.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
clothing in general
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
past form of “decline” — grow worse
From this reading But she declined them all.
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
From this reading So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
a large number or amount
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
plural of “invitation” — a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
plural of “miss” — a young female
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
From this reading MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she declined them all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
the season of growth
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But she declined them all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
precisely as stated
From this reading So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
(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 So I guess I can’t very well disappoint her.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading MAN SUPPLY COMPANY Montana Marie had dozens of invitations to spend the spring vacation with college friends.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You see, Ma misses me a lot,” she explained, “and she’s been counting on coming East to help me buy my spring clothes.
Chapter 13 of Betty Wales decides by Edith K. (Edith Kellogg) Dunton holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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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