Chapter 22 of Marjorie Dean Macy is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Marjorie Dean Macy is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke. A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder. A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson. Our club is strictly private. No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
Chapter 22 of Marjorie Dean Macy is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
From this reading “A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.”
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.”
comparative of “loud” — characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.”
-ing form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading “A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.”
a second-year undergraduate
From this reading “A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.”
restricted to something
From this reading “Our club is strictly private.”
On the present night.
From this reading “No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.”
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 “Our club is strictly private.”
In this reading “THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.”
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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 babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
From this reading A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
lacking funds
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Our club is strictly private.
demanding attention
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
apart from; not including
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
comparative of “loud” — characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
not any; not one
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our club is strictly private.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading Our club is strictly private.
-ing form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading A babel of protesting exclamations arose, growing louder.
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From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
a second-year undergraduate
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
restricted to something
From this reading Our club is strictly private.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
On the present night.
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE WAY THE MEETING TURNED OUT Suddenly the storm broke.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A tall sophomore with glasses sprang to her feet crying out: “This is not fair, Miss Remson.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading No one except the members and yourself was invited to be here tonight.
Chapter 22 of Marjorie Dean Macy by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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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