Chapter 19 of Maid Sally is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Maid Sally is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full. She knew the whole story. What should she do? Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue? Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
Chapter 19 of Maid Sally is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?”
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
From this reading “Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.”
United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
From this reading “Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?”
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.”
a female domestic
From this reading “ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?”
witty remark
From this reading “ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.”
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 “She knew the whole story.”
In this reading “Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What should she do?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
where you live at a particular time
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She knew the whole story.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
a female domestic
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
the force of workers available
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
free from harm or evil
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
witty remark
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She knew the whole story.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What should she do?
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 She knew the whole story.
express in words
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She knew the whole story.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tell Parson Kendall, and let him fly to the rescue?
a source of difficulty
From this reading Then might the king's men interfere, and great trouble come to the good parson.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ONE NIGHT Home went Maid Sally, head down, heart full.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What should she do?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading She knew the whole story.
Chapter 19 of Maid Sally by Harriet A. (Harriet Anna) Cheever holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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 19 holds 141 sentences of Maid Sally, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Maid Sally by Harriet A. (Harriet Anna) Cheever exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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.
Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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