Chapter 6 of Master and Maid is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Master and Maid is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Mr. Ballinger! Why should he bring you sandwiches? Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?" "Oh, you dear goose! How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
Chapter 6 of Master and Maid is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?"”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Why should he bring you sandwiches?”
dearly loved
From this reading “"Oh, you dear goose!”
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading “"Oh, you dear goose!”
take the midday meal
From this reading “How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.”
a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
From this reading “Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?"”
plural of “sandwich” — two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading “Why should he bring you sandwiches?”
required or under orders
From this reading “How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.”
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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increase the likelihood of
In this reading “How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.”
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mr. Ballinger!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Why should he bring you sandwiches?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
dearly loved
From this reading "Oh, you dear goose!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?"
the act of departing
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading "Oh, you dear goose!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why should he bring you sandwiches?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
take the midday meal
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
From this reading Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?"
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Mr. Ballinger!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, you dear goose!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
plural of “sandwich” — two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading Why should he bring you sandwiches?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should he bring you sandwiches?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Why didn’t you ask Matron for some?"
required or under orders
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
at the time that
From this reading How could I ask for sandwiches when I was supposed to be going out to lunch.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should he bring you sandwiches?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why should he bring you sandwiches?
Chapter 6 of Master and Maid by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 393 sentences of Master and Maid, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Master and Maid by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
Work through the 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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