Chapter 11 of It Pays to Smile is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of It Pays to Smile is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes. "It's Peaches. You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along. I had to see her. It was as if she needed me.
Chapter 11 of It Pays to Smile is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.”
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “"I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “"I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.”
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading “It was as if she needed me.”
plural of “peach” — cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading “"It's Peaches.”
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading “"I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.”
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 “"I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as if she needed me.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was as if she needed me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as if she needed me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's Peaches.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was as if she needed me.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading It was as if she needed me.
plural of “peach” — cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading "It's Peaches.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
express in words
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I had to see her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was as if she needed me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I--say, Aunt Mary, I had to come, that was all," he said with troubled eyes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know how I feel about her--how I have felt all along.
Chapter 11 of It Pays to Smile by Nina Wilcox Putnam holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 11 holds 416 sentences of It Pays to Smile, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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