Chapter 7 of Gloria at Boarding School is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Gloria at Boarding School is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof. “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!” “If you mean natural, I’ll agree. The city has a knack of artifice. But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
Chapter 7 of Gloria at Boarding School is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 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.
have an effect upon
From this reading “But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?””
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading ““If you mean natural, I’ll agree.”
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
From this reading “The city has a knack of artifice.”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?””
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?””
a special way of doing something
From this reading “The city has a knack of artifice.”
move around slowly and aimlessly
From this reading “BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.”
logically valid
From this reading “BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
have an effect upon
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
be in accord; be in agreement
From this reading “If you mean natural, I’ll agree.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!”
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
From this reading The city has a knack of artifice.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading The city has a knack of artifice.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The city has a knack of artifice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you mean natural, I’ll agree.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you mean natural, I’ll agree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
and nothing more
From this reading “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!”
a special way of doing something
From this reading The city has a knack of artifice.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “If you mean natural, I’ll agree.
move around slowly and aimlessly
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading “If you mean natural, I’ll agree.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
logically valid
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
an act or expression of criticism and censure
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The city has a knack of artifice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I know, Trix, but I just feel I am--country!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading But why you should let a word from that feather brain, Jean, so affect you?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BRONCHO BILLY “But it isn’t like you to mope, Gloria,” reasoned Trixy, with a suspicion of reproof.
Chapter 7 of Gloria at Boarding School by Lilian Garis holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 7 holds 175 sentences of Gloria at Boarding School, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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