Chapter 6 of Marjorie Dean, High School Junior is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Marjorie Dean, High School Junior is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’ve something to report, Captain.” Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet. Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor. “Well, dear, what is it?” Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
Chapter 6 of Marjorie Dean, High School Junior is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
eagerly desirous
From this reading “Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.”
put or send forth
From this reading “Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.”
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading “Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.”
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
From this reading “Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.”
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading ““I’ve something to report, Captain.””
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading “Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.”
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 Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
eagerly desirous
From this reading Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “I’ve something to report, Captain.”
put or send forth
From this reading Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
a female human offspring
From this reading Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
dearly loved
From this reading “Well, dear, what is it?”
in a dispirited manner without hope
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve something to report, Captain.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well, dear, what is it?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Dean cast a half anxious look at her daughter.
separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading “I’ve something to report, Captain.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Marjorie entered her mother’s room and dropped dispiritedly at her feet.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I’ve something to report, Captain.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’ve something to report, Captain.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, dear, what is it?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well, dear, what is it?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Unpinning her flower-decked hat, she removed it with a jerk and let it slide to the floor.
Chapter 6 of Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 145 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 6 holds 145 sentences of Marjorie Dean, High School Junior, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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