Chapter 21 of Marjorie Dean Macy is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Marjorie Dean Macy is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you? She’d like to see you right away.” Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities. “I’ll be with her in ten minutes. Miss Monroe has gone out to mail a letter.
Chapter 21 of Marjorie Dean Macy is here in full — 235 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “beam” — smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
From this reading “Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?”
plural of “gratuity” — a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
From this reading “Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.”
owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc
From this reading “Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “Miss Monroe has gone out to mail a letter.”
United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)
From this reading “A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?”
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
From this reading “A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?”
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading “Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.”
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.
In this reading ““I’ll be with her in ten minutes.”
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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 A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She’d like to see you right away.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I’ll be with her in ten minutes.
past form of “beam” — smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
destroyed or killed
From this reading Miss Monroe has gone out to mail a letter.
plural of “gratuity” — a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Monroe has gone out to mail a letter.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be with her in ten minutes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I’ll be with her in ten minutes.
owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Miss Monroe has gone out to mail a letter.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She’d like to see you right away.”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading Miss Monroe has gone out to mail a letter.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “I’ll be with her in ten minutes.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Miss Monroe has gone out to mail a letter.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
precisely, exactly
From this reading She’d like to see you right away.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She’d like to see you right away.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’d like to see you right away.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading “I’ll be with her in ten minutes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Annie beamed her whole-hearted regard upon Leslie, to whom she was indebted for various pleasant gratuities.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
in the company of; together with
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR THE ORCHID CLUB “Please, Miss Leslie, Miss Remson says will you come to her room and bring Miss Monroe with you?
Chapter 21 of Marjorie Dean Macy by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 235 sentences, grouped into 47 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.
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