Chapter 24 of Jolly Sally Pendleton is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Jolly Sally Pendleton is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly. The time is up. They open the inner door reluctantly. The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile. "The heart still beats," they whisper.
Chapter 24 of Jolly Sally Pendleton is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading “"The heart still beats," they whisper.”
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading “The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.”
plural of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.”
located inward
From this reading “They open the inner door reluctantly.”
in a keen or penetrating way
From this reading “Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.”
with reluctance
From this reading “They open the inner door reluctantly.”
witty remark
From this reading “Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “"The heart still beats," they whisper.”
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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 The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
From this reading "The heart still beats," they whisper.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
plural of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "The heart still beats," they whisper.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
located inward
From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The time is up.
in a keen or penetrating way
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
above and across; more than
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
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From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
with reluctance
From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
witty remark
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
not in physical motion
From this reading "The heart still beats," they whisper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The time is up.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They open the inner door reluctantly.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The time is up.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The time is up.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Sally Pendleton and her mother watched their faces keenly.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading "The heart still beats," they whisper.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two doctors, bending over their patient, look up with a smile.
Chapter 24 of Jolly Sally Pendleton by Laura Jean Libbey holds 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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 24 holds 89 sentences of Jolly Sally Pendleton, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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