Chapter 12 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Do something for you? Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!” Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly. And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully. “Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.
Chapter 12 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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confidently declared to be so
From this reading ““Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.”
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading “Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.”
with confidence; in a confident manner
From this reading ““Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!””
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.”
by chance
From this reading “And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.”
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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(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 “Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
confidently declared to be so
From this reading “Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
with confidence; in a confident manner
From this reading “Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do something for you?
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!”
in a doubtful manner
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
in an expectant manner
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Do something for you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
and nothing more
From this reading Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!”
by chance
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Do something for you?
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie’s eyes to light expectantly.
express in words
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh, you can do it all right,” asserted the doctor confidently.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And then, “Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is something I can’t do!” she said doubtfully.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do something for you?
Chapter 12 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 12 holds 184 sentences of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
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