Chapter 16 of Miss Primrose is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Miss Primrose is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!" "Yes, sir." "Bring my watch to this table. Mind you don't take it away again. Extraordinary that you never can remember!
Chapter 16 of Miss Primrose is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “_MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “"Bring my watch to this table.”
beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
From this reading “Extraordinary that you never can remember!”
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading “_MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"”
the act that results in something coming to be
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Extraordinary that you never can remember!”
plural of “spark” — a momentary flash of light
From this reading “_MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"”
look attentively
From this reading “"Bring my watch to this table.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"
anew
From this reading Mind you don't take it away again.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Mind you don't take it away again.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading _MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Bring my watch to this table.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Extraordinary that you never can remember!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mind you don't take it away again.
beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
From this reading Extraordinary that you never can remember!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mind you don't take it away again.
move something or somebody to a lower position
From this reading _MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading _MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Mind you don't take it away again.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Bring my watch to this table.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Extraordinary that you never can remember!
To recall to mind.
From this reading Extraordinary that you never can remember!
term of address for a man
From this reading "Yes, sir."
plural of “spark” — a momentary flash of light
From this reading _MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading "Bring my watch to this table.
carry out
From this reading Mind you don't take it away again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Extraordinary that you never can remember!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Bring my watch to this table.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Bring my watch to this table.
look attentively
From this reading "Bring my watch to this table.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _MAKING A WILL._ "THE blind lower, Sparks!"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, sir."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mind you don't take it away again.
Chapter 16 of Miss Primrose by Agnes Giberne holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 16 holds 112 sentences of Miss Primrose, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Miss Primrose by Agnes Giberne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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.
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