Chapter 17 of Betty Wales on the campus is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of Betty Wales on the campus is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MYSTERY SOLVED MRS. POST had the grippe. “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly. “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me. And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
Chapter 17 of Betty Wales on the campus is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/52 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading ““Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.”
-ing form of “bother” — take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.””
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading “And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.””
a large number or amount
From this reading “And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.””
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading ““Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading ““Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.”
explained or answered
From this reading “THE MYSTERY SOLVED MRS.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading ““Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.”
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 ““Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
-ing form of “bother” — take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
a female human offspring
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
every person
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
in a forlorn manner
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
From this reading POST had the grippe.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading POST had the grippe.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
a large number or amount
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED MRS.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading POST had the grippe.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
explained or answered
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED MRS.
the season of growth
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED MRS.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
a source of difficulty
From this reading And now I’m bothering everybody and making lots of extra trouble.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why couldn’t I have waited until the spring vacation?” she sighed forlornly.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then this house would be empty, and my daughter--the one who’s a nurse--was coming up anyway to visit me.
Chapter 17 of Betty Wales on the campus by Edith K. (Edith Kellogg) Dunton holds 263 sentences, grouped into 53 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 17 holds 263 sentences of Betty Wales on the campus, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Betty Wales on the campus by Edith K. (Edith Kellogg) Dunton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 263 sentences, grouped into 53 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 53 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 53 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Betty Wales on the campus by Edith K. (Edith Kellogg) Dunton on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3936 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #69132 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #69132, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 328 minutes of reading across 788 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Betty Wales on the campus section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 19 chapters of Betty Wales on the campus to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Betty Wales on the campus, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
