Chapter 7 of In the Bishop's Carriage is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of In the Bishop's Carriage is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You're mighty smart, ain't you? You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you? And feel so big and smart and triumphant! What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job! It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?
Chapter 7 of In the Bishop's Carriage is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?”
showing lack of skill or aptitude
From this reading “What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!”
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!”
overly self-confident or self-assertive
From this reading “It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!”
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading “"You're mighty smart, ain't you?”
express through a scornful smile
From this reading “You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?”
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading “And feel so big and smart and triumphant!”
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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 What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
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From this reading "You're mighty smart, ain't you?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
used as intensifiers
From this reading It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And feel so big and smart and triumphant!
showing lack of skill or aptitude
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
overly self-confident or self-assertive
From this reading It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading And feel so big and smart and triumphant!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
a young female
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading It makes you feel awfully cocky, don't it?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading "You're mighty smart, ain't you?
be seated
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading "You're mighty smart, ain't you?
express through a scornful smile
From this reading You can sit back here and sneer at me, can't you?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And feel so big and smart and triumphant!
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading And feel so big and smart and triumphant!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What've you done but catch a girl at her first bungling job!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You're mighty smart, ain't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're mighty smart, ain't you?
Chapter 7 of In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson holds 238 sentences, grouped into 48 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 238 sentences of In the Bishop's Carriage, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
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