Chapter 30 of Dorothy Dale's engagement is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Dorothy Dale's engagement is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses. “A telegram? And from the West, eh?” “A night letter from Bob Douglas. I got it yesterday morning.
Chapter 30 of Dorothy Dale's engagement is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 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.
-ing form of “adjust” — alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
From this reading “SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading ““A night letter from Bob Douglas.”
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading ““A night letter from Bob Douglas.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.”
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.”
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading ““A telegram?”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “I got it yesterday morning.”
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 got it yesterday morning.”
In this reading “And from the West, eh?””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “A telegram?
-ing form of “adjust” — alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
(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 SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And from the West, eh?”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “A night letter from Bob Douglas.
a youthful male person
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “A night letter from Bob Douglas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And from the West, eh?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And from the West, eh?”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got it yesterday morning.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I got it yesterday morning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “A night letter from Bob Douglas.
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I got it yesterday morning.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “A night letter from Bob Douglas.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading “A telegram?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading And from the West, eh?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SO IT WAS ALL SETTLED “What’s this—what’s this, my boy?” cried the major hastily adjusting his reading glasses.
the day immediately before today
From this reading I got it yesterday morning.
Chapter 30 of Dorothy Dale's engagement by Margaret Penrose holds 137 sentences, grouped into 28 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 30 holds 137 sentences of Dorothy Dale's engagement, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 30 of Dorothy Dale's engagement by Margaret Penrose exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 137 sentences, grouped into 28 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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