Chapter 14 of "Good-Morning, Rosamond!" is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of "Good-Morning, Rosamond!" is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Industrious lady! You have brought fancy work of some kind!” Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist. “Oh, no. Just a bit of lace I’m mending.
Chapter 14 of "Good-Morning, Rosamond!" is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.”
past form of “crochet” — create by looping or crocheting
From this reading “Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.”
characterized by hard work and perseverance
From this reading ““Industrious lady!”
spin, wind, or twist together
From this reading “Just a bit of lace I’m mending.”
garments that must be repaired
From this reading “Just a bit of lace I’m mending.”
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.”
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.
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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 Just a bit of lace I’m mending.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Just a bit of lace I’m mending.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
past form of “crochet” — create by looping or crocheting
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
something many people believe that is false
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a bit of lace I’m mending.
characterized by hard work and perseverance
From this reading “Industrious lady!
and nothing more
From this reading Just a bit of lace I’m mending.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
spin, wind, or twist together
From this reading Just a bit of lace I’m mending.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Industrious lady!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
garments that must be repaired
From this reading Just a bit of lace I’m mending.
not any; not one
From this reading “Oh, no.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, no.
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
having a point
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading Rosamond pointed to the little crocheted bag hanging from the older woman’s wrist.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have brought fancy work of some kind!”
Chapter 14 of "Good-Morning, Rosamond!" by Constance Lindsay Skinner holds 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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 14 holds 306 sentences of "Good-Morning, Rosamond!", unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
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