Chapter 8 of My Little Sister is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of My Little Sister is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village. They gave me water. I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself. My mother had a horror of our touching the public one. She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
Chapter 8 of My Little Sister is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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uttered without voice
From this reading “She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.”
fill with distaste
From this reading “She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.”
every person
From this reading “She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.”
a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
From this reading “She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.”
the person in charge of a post office
From this reading “I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.”
arousing affect
From this reading “My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.”
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 “I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.”
In this reading “I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.”
In this reading “ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.”
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 I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
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From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
uttered without voice
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
an occurrence of something
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
fill with distaste
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
every person
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading They gave me water.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
intense and profound fear
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They gave me water.
a particular point in time
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
the person in charge of a post office
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
express in speech
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They gave me water.
up to a particular time
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
arousing affect
From this reading My mother had a horror of our touching the public one.
the act of using
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had in any case to wait a moment till the postmaster was free, for I could not use the telephone myself.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading They gave me water.
at the time that
From this reading ANNAN I could not speak when I reached the village.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had spoken with disgust of the mouthpiece that everybody breathed into.
Chapter 8 of My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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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