Chapter 18 of Merrylips is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Merrylips is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO ARMS! For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield. In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's. As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so. She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
Chapter 18 of Merrylips is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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befitting or characteristic of a young girl
From this reading “She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.”
a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
From this reading “In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.”
plural of “shirt” — a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading “She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.”
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
From this reading “She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.”
be dressed in
From this reading “As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.”
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading “As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.”
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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In this reading “For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.”
In this reading “For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.”
In this reading “For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading TO ARMS!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
a youthful male person
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
a young female
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
befitting or characteristic of a young girl
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
not accessible to view
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
an opening into or through something
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
plural of “shirt” — a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
From this reading She had changed her girlish little smock for one of Munn's loose shirts.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In a hole in her mattress she had hidden the silver ring that had been Lady Sybil's.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO ARMS!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
be dressed in
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading For two weeks and more Merrylips had lived at Monksfield.
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading As long as she had been a girl, she had worn the ring about her neck, but she felt that it did not become a boy to wear it so.
Chapter 18 of Merrylips by Beulah Marie Dix holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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 18 holds 130 sentences of Merrylips, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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