Chapter 2 of Dolly Reforming Herself is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dolly Reforming Herself is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Dolly._ Harry? He made a dreadful fuss last time. And then I didn't show him all. _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills! Only?
Chapter 2 of Dolly Reforming Herself is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “_Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!”
dearly loved
From this reading “_Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “He made a dreadful fuss last time.”
worry unnecessarily or excessively
From this reading “He made a dreadful fuss last time.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “_Dolly._ Harry?”
immediately past
From this reading “He made a dreadful fuss last time.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “And then I didn't show him all.”
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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 He made a dreadful fuss last time.
later than; following
From this reading _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!
(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 And then I didn't show him all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then I didn't show him all.
plural of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!
dearly loved
From this reading _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And then I didn't show him all.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading _Dolly._ Harry?
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading He made a dreadful fuss last time.
worry unnecessarily or excessively
From this reading He made a dreadful fuss last time.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading _Dolly._ Harry?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made a dreadful fuss last time.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And then I didn't show him all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And then I didn't show him all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!
immediately past
From this reading He made a dreadful fuss last time.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He made a dreadful fuss last time.
and nothing more
From this reading _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading And then I didn't show him all.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then I didn't show him all.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He made a dreadful fuss last time.
(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 _Renie._ Well, dear, after all, it's only bills---- _Dolly._ Only bills!
Chapter 2 of Dolly Reforming Herself by Henry Arthur Jones holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 2 holds 423 sentences of Dolly Reforming Herself, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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