Chapter 9 of My Little Sister is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of My Little Sister is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction. There seemed no need to talk. Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes. It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it. Then it would come again.
Chapter 9 of My Little Sister is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a line leading to a place or point
From this reading “ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.”
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading “It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.”
a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
From this reading “Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.”
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading “ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.”
not often
From this reading “It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.”
-ing form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading “Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.”
look attentively
From this reading “Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.”
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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a prolonged period of time
In this reading “ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.”
obtain, especially accidentally
In this reading “Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.”
In this reading “Then it would come again.”
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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 ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
anew
From this reading Then it would come again.
react verbally
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
apart from; not including
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading There seemed no need to talk.
not any; not one
From this reading There seemed no need to talk.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading There seemed no need to talk.
not often
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
-ing form of “stride” — walk with long steps
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading There seemed no need to talk.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then it would come again.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There seemed no need to talk.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ERIC For a long time I said nothing in his presence, except in answer to some direction.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading It came so seldom that sometimes I told myself I must have dreamed it.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
look attentively
From this reading Enough for me to see him come striding across the links; to watch him walk into my mother's room; to see a certain look come into his eyes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then it would come again.
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