Chapter 1 of Marjorie Dean, College Freshman is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Marjorie Dean, College Freshman is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, dear! I wish Jerry would come home! I want to see her! I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever. I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
Chapter 1 of Marjorie Dean, College Freshman is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “I wish Jerry would come home!”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!”
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading “I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.”
and nothing more
From this reading “I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.”
plural of “vacation” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.”
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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become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading “I wish Jerry would come home!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I wish Jerry would come home!
dearly loved
From this reading “Oh, dear!
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
at any time
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I want to see her!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I wish Jerry would come home!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish Jerry would come home!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading I wish Jerry would come home!
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, dear!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I want to see her!
an instance of visual perception
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
and nothing more
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
suffering from lack of food
From this reading I’m simply starved for a sight of her dear jolly face!
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
used as intensifiers
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I want to see her!
plural of “vacation” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading I’ve always missed her terribly during vacations, but this summer I’ve missed her more than ever.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want to see her!
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish Jerry would come home!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I wish Jerry would come home!
Chapter 1 of Marjorie Dean, College Freshman by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 93 sentences, grouped into 19 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 1 holds 93 sentences of Marjorie Dean, College Freshman, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Marjorie Dean, College Freshman by Josephine, -1931 Chase exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 93 sentences, grouped into 19 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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