Chapter 14 of Cheerful—By Request is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of Cheerful—By Request is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again. "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd. Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment. "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?" "I'm thirty-seven years old.
Chapter 14 of Cheerful—By Request is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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confusion resulting from failure to understand
From this reading “Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “"I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.”
a particular society at a particular time and place
From this reading “"There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “"There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “"I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.”
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading “"I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “"Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment.”
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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 "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
anew
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
(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 "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
confusion resulting from failure to understand
From this reading Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
a particular society at a particular time and place
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
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From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
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From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
the aggregate of past events
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
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From this reading "I'm thirty-seven years old.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "I'm thirty-seven years old.
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Henry Gregg stared at her in bewilderment.
express a supposition
From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
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From this reading "There's a lot of culture here, and history, and all that; and--" "I hate Rome!" said Mary Gowd.
being seven more than thirty
From this reading "I'm thirty-seven years old.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
a late time of life
From this reading "I'm thirty-seven years old.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then why in Sam Hill don't you go back to England?"
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From this reading "I suppose you're crazy about Rome," said Henry Gregg again.
Chapter 14 of Cheerful—By Request by Edna Ferber holds 388 sentences, grouped into 78 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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