Chapter 8 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sam came forward to meet her. "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed. "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now." "Not if he’d had tire-troubles. But prob’ly you’re right," said Martha.
Chapter 8 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “"If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."”
at or to or toward the front
From this reading “Sam came forward to meet her.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.”
come together
From this reading “Sam came forward to meet her.”
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading “"I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Sam came forward to meet her.”
cause fear in
From this reading “"I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.”
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.
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make oneself visible; take action
In this reading “Sam came forward to meet her.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But prob’ly you’re right," said Martha.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Sam came forward to meet her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Sam came forward to meet her.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sam came forward to meet her.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But prob’ly you’re right," said Martha.
come together
From this reading Sam came forward to meet her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not if he’d had tire-troubles.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But prob’ly you’re right," said Martha.
precisely, exactly
From this reading But prob’ly you’re right," said Martha.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading But prob’ly you’re right," said Martha.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam came forward to meet her.
cause fear in
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not if he’d had tire-troubles.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sam came forward to meet her.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If that’d been Buller behind us, he’d have got here before now."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I guess we had our scare for nothing," he observed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But prob’ly you’re right," said Martha.
Chapter 8 of Making Over Martha by Julie M. Lippmann holds 420 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 8 holds 420 sentences of Making Over Martha, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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