Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A WOMAN REPORTER. Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door. She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation. “Oh, it is you, Miss Allyn. Come in,” she said pleasantly.
Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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indecision in speech or action
From this reading “She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.”
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.”
in a cheerful manner
From this reading “Come in,” she said pleasantly.”
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading “A WOMAN REPORTER.”
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading “She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.”
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading “Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.”
In this reading “She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.”
In this reading “She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.”
In this reading “Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A WOMAN REPORTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, it is you, Miss Allyn.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come in,” she said pleasantly.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
indecision in speech or action
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Come in,” she said pleasantly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, it is you, Miss Allyn.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Oh, it is you, Miss Allyn.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, it is you, Miss Allyn.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
on one occasion
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
in a cheerful manner
From this reading Come in,” she said pleasantly.
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading A WOMAN REPORTER.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Come in,” she said pleasantly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Five minutes later there was another tap on Marion’s door.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She opened it at once without the slightest hesitation.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A WOMAN REPORTER.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, it is you, Miss Allyn.
Chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's by Lurana Sheldon holds 87 sentences, grouped into 18 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 2 holds 87 sentences of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's by Lurana Sheldon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 87 sentences, grouped into 18 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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