Chapter 19 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?" Stuyvesant asked of Annette. Considerable surprise was in his face and voice. "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig. I asked her to forgive me.
Chapter 19 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “I asked her to forgive me.”
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
From this reading “"Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.”
domestic swine
From this reading “"Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.”
the season of growth
From this reading “SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?"”
the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
From this reading “Stuyvesant asked of Annette.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “"Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.”
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 “Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.”
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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 "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stuyvesant asked of Annette.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?"
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Stuyvesant asked of Annette.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading I asked her to forgive me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I asked her to forgive me.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I asked her to forgive me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Stuyvesant asked of Annette.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
domestic swine
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
the season of growth
From this reading SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?"
the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
From this reading Stuyvesant asked of Annette.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh," answered Annette, "I have been telling Cecilia Madden that I was a pig.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I asked her to forgive me.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Considerable surprise was in his face and voice.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SPRING "What are _you_ doing here?"
Chapter 19 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses by Katharine Haviland-Taylor holds 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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 198 sentences of Cecilia of the Pink Roses, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Cecilia of the Pink Roses by Katharine Haviland-Taylor exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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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