Chapter 8 of Comrade Yetta is here in full — 301 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Comrade Yetta is here in full — 301 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door. "Yes. I'll have to keep an eye on her. She may be a valuable recruit." Longman laughed.
Chapter 8 of Comrade Yetta is here in full — 301 sentences across 61 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.
the organ of sight
From this reading “I'll have to keep an eye on her.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “I'll have to keep an eye on her.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Longman laughed.”
register formally as a participant or member
From this reading “She may be a valuable recruit."”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.”
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading “She may be a valuable recruit."”
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 “I'll have to keep an eye on her.”
In this reading “NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 She may be a valuable recruit."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
the organ of sight
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
a young female
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Longman laughed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
register formally as a participant or member
From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'll have to keep an eye on her.
create by training and teaching
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading She may be a valuable recruit."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEW FRIENDS "Interesting girl," Longman said as he and Miss Train turned away from Yetta's door.
Chapter 8 of Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards holds 301 sentences, grouped into 61 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 8 holds 301 sentences of Comrade Yetta, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
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