Chapter 25 of Mimi at Sheridan School is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Mimi at Sheridan School is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over. She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day. Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring. Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own. Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
Chapter 25 of Mimi at Sheridan School is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/10 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.”
something regarded with special favor or liking
From this reading “Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.”
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading “Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.”
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
From this reading “HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.”
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading “Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.”
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.”
producing exhaustion
From this reading “Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.”
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 shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.”
In this reading “Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.”
leave furtively and stealthily
In this reading “Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.”
In this reading “Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.”
In this reading “She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
anew
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
something regarded with special favor or liking
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
a farewell remark
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
From this reading Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
above and across; more than
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
with low volume
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
express in words
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading She shook hands and made curtsies off and on all day.
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading Sunday afternoon she slipped away quietly to say goodbye to her favorite places.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.
producing exhaustion
From this reading Meeting other girls' parents and sisters and brothers was fun but it was tiring.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Then, too, it made her too impatient to see her own.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
at the time that
From this reading HOME AGAIN JIGGETY JIG Sunday was a full day, but Mimi was glad when it was over.
Chapter 25 of Mimi at Sheridan School by Anne Pence Davis holds 50 sentences, grouped into 10 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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