Chapter 9 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND. When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily. “Oh, Marion, what do you think? Poor Bert was almost arrested last night. The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
Chapter 9 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “arrest” — take into custody
From this reading “Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.”
inflected form of “chat” — talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading “When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.”
put on clothes
From this reading “The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND.”
past form of “loan” — give temporarily; let have for a limited time
From this reading “The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND.”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.”
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 “Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.”
almost do or experience something
In this reading “The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.”
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 THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
past form of “arrest” — take into custody
From this reading Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
inflected form of “chat” — talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Oh, Marion, what do you think?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
put on clothes
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
set up or found
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND.
in a joyous manner
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
immediately past
From this reading Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.
past form of “loan” — give temporarily; let have for a limited time
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
in a joyous manner
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dress you loaned him came near being the death of him,” cried Dollie, gayly.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Marion, what do you think?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRLS LOSE A FRIEND.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Oh, Marion, what do you think?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Poor Bert was almost arrested last night.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Oh, Marion, what do you think?
at the time that
From this reading When Marion returned to her room she found Bert and Dollie chatting merrily.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, Marion, what do you think?
Chapter 9 of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's by Lurana Sheldon holds 88 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 9 holds 88 sentences of My Queen — Marion Marlowe's Courage; or, A Brave Girl's, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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