Chapter 2 of Greenacre Girls is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Greenacre Girls is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her. Land alive, what are men made of! Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business. The sooner you get to it, the better, I think." Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.
Chapter 2 of Greenacre Girls is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 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.
altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation
From this reading “Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.”
possessing life
From this reading “Land alive, what are men made of!”
caused to show discomposure
From this reading “Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “"And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.”
showing firm determination or purpose
From this reading “Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.”
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading “The sooner you get to it, the better, I think."”
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading “Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.”
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 “Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.”
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
In this reading “Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.”
In this reading “Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.”
In this reading “Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.”
In this reading “"And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation
From this reading Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.
possessing life
From this reading Land alive, what are men made of!
Having no one else present.
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Land alive, what are men made of!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading The sooner you get to it, the better, I think."
caused to show discomposure
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The sooner you get to it, the better, I think."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The sooner you get to it, the better, I think."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sooner you get to it, the better, I think."
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Land alive, what are men made of!
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Land alive, what are men made of!
the force of workers available
From this reading Land alive, what are men made of!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Land alive, what are men made of!
showing firm determination or purpose
From this reading Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading The sooner you get to it, the better, I think."
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Roxana stood up and adjusted her eyeglasses resolutely.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Land alive, what are men made of!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And you think that you’ve been a good husband to her.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Here she stands a chance of being left alone in the world with four children to bring up and you’ve never bothered her about your business.
Chapter 2 of Greenacre Girls by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 2 holds 404 sentences of Greenacre Girls, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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