Chapter 11 of May Iverson's Career is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of May Iverson's Career is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He nodded and was gone. I had barely caught his words. Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin. Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile. Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
Chapter 11 of May Iverson's Career is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading “Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “I had barely caught his words.”
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading “Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.”
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
From this reading “Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.”
well known or easily recognized
From this reading “Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.”
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading “Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “He nodded and was gone.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He nodded and was gone.
any thing at all
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
only a very short time before
From this reading I had barely caught his words.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading I had barely caught his words.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
destroyed or killed
From this reading He nodded and was gone.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had barely caught his words.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He nodded and was gone.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I had barely caught his words.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had barely caught his words.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading He nodded and was gone.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
above and across; more than
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
in an ecstatic manner
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
cut with a saw
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading Never had I dreamed I could be so rapturously happy in seeing it.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Never before had anything seemed so beautiful to me as that familiar Gibson smile.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He nodded and was gone.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Over his big shoulders I saw Gibson approaching, his face one wide, expansive grin.
the words that are spoken
From this reading I had barely caught his words.
Chapter 11 of May Iverson's Career by Elizabeth Garver Jordan holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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 11 holds 428 sentences of May Iverson's Career, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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