Chapter 9 of Fanny Herself is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Fanny Herself is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Fanny Brandeis, aren't you ashamed?” “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually. `Whose damsel is this?' They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow. After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
Chapter 9 of Fanny Herself is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 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.
in actual fact
From this reading ““But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.”
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
From this reading “After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.”
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading ““But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.”
a young unmarried woman
From this reading “`Whose damsel is this?'”
lively and spirited
From this reading “They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.”
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading ““Fanny Brandeis, aren't you ashamed?””
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in actual fact
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
later than; following
From this reading After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
(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 After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Fanny Brandeis, aren't you ashamed?”
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “Fanny Brandeis, aren't you ashamed?”
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
From this reading After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Fanny Brandeis, aren't you ashamed?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
a young unmarried woman
From this reading `Whose damsel is this?'
lively and spirited
From this reading They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “Fanny Brandeis, aren't you ashamed?”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading `Whose damsel is this?'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading `Whose damsel is this?'
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “But, Mother, that's what it says in the Bible, actually.
belonging to which person
From this reading `Whose damsel is this?'
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading They told him it was Ruth, the dashing widow.
in the company of; together with
From this reading After that it was all off with the Bethlehem girls.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Fanny Brandeis, aren't you ashamed?”
Chapter 9 of Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber holds 222 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 9 holds 222 sentences of Fanny Herself, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 222 sentences, grouped into 45 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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