Chapter 5 of Girls of the True Blue is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Girls of the True Blue is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BEST GIRL. Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand. “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.” Nan turned first red and then very white. She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
Chapter 5 of Girls of the True Blue is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or to or toward the front
From this reading “She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.”
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading “Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.”
your grandmother
From this reading “Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.”
possessive form of “nan” — your grandmother
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “Nan turned first red and then very white.”
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading “She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.”
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading “Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.”
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 “Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.”
make oneself visible; take action
In this reading “She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.”
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading ““Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.””
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
later than; following
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading THE BEST GIRL.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
dearly loved
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
a young female
From this reading THE BEST GIRL.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
and nothing more
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
your grandmother
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
possessive form of “nan” — your grandmother
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEST GIRL.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Immediately after the funeral Mrs. Richmond took Nan’s hand.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
precisely as stated
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
at the time that
From this reading She was just about to reply when Mr. Pryor came forward.
a Caucasian
From this reading Nan turned first red and then very white.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now, dear,” she said, “you come home with me.”
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