Chapter 19 of Gloria: A Girl and Her Dad is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Gloria: A Girl and Her Dad is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her. And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions. It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure. It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.” And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
Chapter 19 of Gloria: A Girl and Her Dad is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading “And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!”
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
From this reading “And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!”
steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading “It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.”
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
the act of liberating someone or something
From this reading “And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!”
-ing form of “minister” — attend to the wants and needs of others
From this reading “And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!”
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading “And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!”
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading “It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.”
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.
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In this reading “It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.”
In this reading “And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!”
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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 It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
(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 And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions.
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
a special loved one
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
opinion or judgment
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions.
a state of high honor
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
the act of liberating someone or something
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
-ing form of “minister” — attend to the wants and needs of others
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
not any; not one
From this reading And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions.
get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she, being Jane, asked no foolish questions.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
carry out
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And to find her here, in all this misery, like a ministering angel with her eyes now begging liberation!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It did, however, take her a few minutes to regain her composure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was so long since she had seen her darling “Glory.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading THAT CROWDED DAY’S END Trixy brought Jane back with her.
Chapter 19 of Gloria: A Girl and Her Dad by Lilian Garis holds 148 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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