Chapter 18 of Dolly's College Experiences is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of Dolly's College Experiences is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well?" "You want to see your brother graduate?" "Of course I do. We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission. Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
Chapter 18 of Dolly's College Experiences is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From this reading “Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."”
the time at which something is supposed to begin
From this reading “We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.”
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
From this reading “We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.”
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading “We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.”
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
From this reading “"You want to see your brother graduate?"”
a university in Massachusetts
From this reading “We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.”
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading “We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.”
approval to do something
From this reading “We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “"Of course I do.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "You want to see your brother graduate?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the time at which something is supposed to begin
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Of course I do.
precise; explicit and clearly defined
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Of course I do.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
From this reading "You want to see your brother graduate?"
a university in Massachusetts
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Of course I do.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Of course I do.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
approval to do something
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "You want to see your brother graduate?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You want to see your brother graduate?"
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "You want to see your brother graduate?"
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading Fred wants me to bring Mary and Beth, too."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
(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?"
but in spite of that
From this reading We have not made any definite plans as yet, but I have been counting on being at Harvard for all of commencement week, if I can manage to get permission.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You want to see your brother graduate?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You want to see your brother graduate?"
Chapter 18 of Dolly's College Experiences by Mabel Cronise Jones holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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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