Chapter 8 of Growing Up is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Growing Up is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A summer of stories. She laughed aloud in her joy. She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother. XXI. MARION’S AFTERNOON.
Chapter 8 of Growing Up is here in full — 402 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.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “MARION’S AFTERNOON.”
using the voice; not silently
From this reading “She laughed aloud in her joy.”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.”
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “She laughed aloud in her joy.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “A summer of stories.”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “A summer of stories.”
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading “She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.”
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 A summer of stories.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading MARION’S AFTERNOON.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading She laughed aloud in her joy.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She laughed aloud in her joy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She laughed aloud in her joy.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading She laughed aloud in her joy.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading She laughed aloud in her joy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARION’S AFTERNOON.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A summer of stories.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She laughed aloud in her joy.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A summer of stories.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading A summer of stories.
carry out
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading She wished she might take her book of stories to Heaven to show to her mother.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading XXI.
Chapter 8 of Growing Up by Nathaniel, Mrs. Conklin holds 402 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 8 holds 402 sentences of Growing Up, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Growing Up by Nathaniel, Mrs. Conklin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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