Chapter 31 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!” It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia. “Gone where?” “Gone home!” “So early?”
Chapter 31 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading “A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!””
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading ““So early?””
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!””
where you live at a particular time
From this reading ““Gone home!””
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!””
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading “A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!””
information about recent and important events
From this reading “It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.”
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In this reading ““Gone home!””
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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 A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “So early?”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
destroyed or killed
From this reading A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Gone home!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
information about recent and important events
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So early?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MEETING OF THE BOARD “Jean is gone!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Gone where?”
which person or people
From this reading It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.
Chapter 31 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals by Margaret Penrose holds 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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 31 holds 378 sentences of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 31 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals by Margaret Penrose exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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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