Chapter 10 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous. There’s nothing to be nervous about. Let her scream, if it makes her happy." Francie stopped screaming. All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
Chapter 10 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading “All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.”
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading “Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.”
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
From this reading “All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.”
easily agitated
From this reading “Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Let her scream, if it makes her happy."”
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading “Francie stopped screaming.”
make steady
From this reading “All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.”
an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
From this reading “All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.”
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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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There’s nothing to be nervous about.
(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 All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There’s nothing to be nervous about.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Francie stopped screaming.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Let her scream, if it makes her happy."
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Let her scream, if it makes her happy."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Let her scream, if it makes her happy."
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Let her scream, if it makes her happy."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let her scream, if it makes her happy."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
engage in
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Let her scream, if it makes her happy."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
easily agitated
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There’s nothing to be nervous about.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Let her scream, if it makes her happy."
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading Francie stopped screaming.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Martha, hearing, answered back, "She don’t make me nervous.
make steady
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Francie stopped screaming.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s nothing to be nervous about.
an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There’s nothing to be nervous about.
during the time that
From this reading All the while the throbbing of the little engine had been steady, incessant.
Chapter 10 of Making Over Martha by Julie M. Lippmann holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 10 holds 414 sentences of Making Over Martha, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Making Over Martha by Julie M. Lippmann exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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