Chapter 3 of Molly Brown's Freshman Days is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Molly Brown's Freshman Days is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PROFESSOR. Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly. Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk. She sat down on a bench and burst into tears. How tired and hungry and homesick she was!
Chapter 3 of Molly Brown's Freshman Days is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “aisle” — a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
From this reading “Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.”
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
From this reading “Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.”
to say again or imitate
From this reading “Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.”
resembling or characteristic of a phantom
From this reading “Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.”
longing to return home
From this reading “How tired and hungry and homesick she was!”
past form of “kick” — drive or propel with the foot
From this reading “Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.”
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 “She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.”
be restored
In this reading “Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.”
In this reading “She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.”
In this reading “Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.”
In this reading “She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.”
In this reading “Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.”
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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 Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
anew
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
plural of “aisle” — a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.
to say again or imitate
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
resembling or characteristic of a phantom
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
longing to return home
From this reading How tired and hungry and homesick she was!
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From this reading How tired and hungry and homesick she was!
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading How tired and hungry and homesick she was!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.
past form of “kick” — drive or propel with the foot
From this reading Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading THE PROFESSOR.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading She sat down on a bench and burst into tears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PROFESSOR.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading How tired and hungry and homesick she was!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Then she called again and again but her voice came back to her in a ghostly echo through the dim aisles of the cloistered walk.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How tired and hungry and homesick she was!
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading Molly beat and kicked on the door wildly.
Chapter 3 of Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Nell Speed holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 3 holds 172 sentences of Molly Brown's Freshman Days, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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