Chapter 14 of Meg's Friend: A Story for Girls is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Meg's Friend: A Story for Girls is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHO GAVE THAT KISS. A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward. She had settled down into the routine of the school. Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries. She had parted company with her childhood.
Chapter 14 of Meg's Friend: A Story for Girls is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “boundary” — the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
From this reading “Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.”
a branch of knowledge
From this reading “A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.”
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading “A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.”
past form of “exist” — have an existence, be extant
From this reading “Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.”
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading “A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.”
an unrestrained expression of emotion
From this reading “A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.”
refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
From this reading “A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.”
an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
From this reading “She had settled down into the routine of the school.”
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 “She had parted company with her childhood.”
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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 year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
plural of “boundary” — the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading She had parted company with her childhood.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading She had parted company with her childhood.
a branch of knowledge
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She had settled down into the routine of the school.
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
past form of “exist” — have an existence, be extant
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
moving swiftly
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading WHO GAVE THAT KISS.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She had settled down into the routine of the school.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading WHO GAVE THAT KISS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
an unrestrained expression of emotion
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Nothing now existed for her outside its boundaries.
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading She had parted company with her childhood.
refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
From this reading She had settled down into the routine of the school.
an educational institution
From this reading She had settled down into the routine of the school.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading She had settled down into the routine of the school.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had settled down into the routine of the school.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WHO GAVE THAT KISS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had settled down into the routine of the school.
which person or people
From this reading WHO GAVE THAT KISS.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had parted company with her childhood.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading A year and a half had elapsed since that wild outburst of rebellion against discipline had sent Meg flying Londonward.
Chapter 14 of Meg's Friend: A Story for Girls by Alice Corkran holds 80 sentences, grouped into 16 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 14 holds 80 sentences of Meg's Friend: A Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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