Chapter 1 of Brenda, Her School and Her Club is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Brenda, Her School and Her Club is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC. "What do suppose she'll be like?" "How can I tell?" "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin." "Oh, that doesn't make any difference.
Chapter 1 of Brenda, Her School and Her Club is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC.”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “"Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."”
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading “"Oh, that doesn't make any difference.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “"Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."”
engage in
From this reading “"Oh, that doesn't make any difference.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC.”
express a supposition
From this reading “"What do suppose she'll be like?"”
express in words
From this reading “"How can I tell?"”
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 “"Oh, that doesn't make any difference.”
In this reading “"Oh, that doesn't make any difference.”
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one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Oh, that doesn't make any difference.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC.
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From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "What do suppose she'll be like?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "How can I tell?"
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading "Oh, that doesn't make any difference.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do suppose she'll be like?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, that doesn't make any difference.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How can I tell?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "How can I tell?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "What do suppose she'll be like?"
engage in
From this reading "Oh, that doesn't make any difference.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, that doesn't make any difference.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What do suppose she'll be like?"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
express a supposition
From this reading "What do suppose she'll be like?"
express in words
From this reading "How can I tell?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, that doesn't make any difference.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "MISS THEODORA," ETC.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
(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 "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do suppose she'll be like?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, Brenda Barlow, I should think you'd have _some_ idea--your own cousin."
Chapter 1 of Brenda, Her School and Her Club by Helen Leah Reed holds 430 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.
Chapter 1 holds 430 sentences of Brenda, Her School and Her Club, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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