Chapter 14 of Molly Brown of Kentucky is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Molly Brown of Kentucky is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CABLEGRAM. "Tingaling, aling, aling! Phome a ringin' agin! I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen. "I kin tell his ring ev'y time.
Chapter 14 of Molly Brown of Kentucky is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading “I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.”
a telegram sent abroad
From this reading “THE CABLEGRAM.”
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading “I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.”
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.”
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading “"I kin tell his ring ev'y time.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “"I kin tell his ring ev'y time.”
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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 Phome a ringin' agin!
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From this reading Phome a ringin' agin!
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From this reading "Tingaling, aling, aling!
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
a telegram sent abroad
From this reading THE CABLEGRAM.
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I kin tell his ring ev'y time.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "I kin tell his ring ev'y time.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading "I kin tell his ring ev'y time.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
a form of address for a man
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Phome a ringin' agin!
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading "I kin tell his ring ev'y time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Phome a ringin' agin!
express in words
From this reading "I kin tell his ring ev'y time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I bet that's Mr. Paul," declared Caroline, the present queen of the Chatsworth kitchen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CABLEGRAM.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "I kin tell his ring ev'y time.
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From this reading "Tingaling, aling, aling!
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