Chapter 11 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 11 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room. Yes ... that’s the one. Bring it here to me! Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits. Hurry!
Chapter 11 of Making Over Martha is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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next to; at the side of
From this reading “Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.”
plural of “biscuit” — small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
From this reading “Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.”
on a floor below
From this reading “Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.”
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “Hurry!”
-ing form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading “Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.”
having a supporting base
From this reading “Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.”
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading “Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.”
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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In this reading “Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.”
In this reading “Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.”
In this reading “Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.”
In this reading “Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
plural of “biscuit” — small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
an occurrence of something
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
on a floor below
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Bring it here to me!
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading Hurry!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Bring it here to me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Yes ... that’s the one.
the quantity contained in a plate
From this reading Now, go downstairs and fetch a plateful of hard biscuits.
-ing form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
having a supporting base
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes ... that’s the one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bring it here to me!
at the time that
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes ... that’s the one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, when Eunice, responding, stood on the threshold: "Bring me the leathern case you’ll find standing beside the clothes-press in my dressing-room.
Chapter 11 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 11 holds 414 sentences of Making Over Martha, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 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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