Chapter 10 of More About Peggy is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of More About Peggy is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer." "The bottom drawer! What _are_ you talking about?" "Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer! It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
Chapter 10 of More About Peggy is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
the lower side of anything
From this reading “"Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."”
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading “"Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading “"Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer!”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “"Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.”
a dramatic or musical entertainment
From this reading “It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.”
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading “It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “What _are_ you talking about?"”
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 "Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer!
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What _are_ you talking about?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What _are_ you talking about?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
the lower side of anything
From this reading "Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
From this reading "Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading "Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer!
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading "Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
a dramatic or musical entertainment
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading What _are_ you talking about?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Something for Esther, for the bottom drawer."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What _are_ you talking about?"
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It's part of the performance, and you can't be properly engaged without it.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What _are_ you talking about?"
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Every engaged young woman has a bottom drawer!
Chapter 10 of More About Peggy by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 10 holds 413 sentences of More About Peggy, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of More About Peggy by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in More About Peggy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
