Chapter 2 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SECRETS "Where's Nan?" Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall. Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door. "It's all right. Come on in," she invited.
Chapter 2 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.”
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading “Come on in," she invited.”
your grandmother
From this reading “SECRETS "Where's Nan?"”
possessive form of “nan” — your grandmother
From this reading “Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.”
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading “Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.”
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading “SECRETS "Where's Nan?"”
caught or fixed
From this reading “Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.”
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading “Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the 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.
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rise to one's feet
In this reading “Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "It's all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come on in," she invited.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
in a joyous manner
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Come on in," she invited.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading Come on in," she invited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
your grandmother
From this reading SECRETS "Where's Nan?"
possessive form of “nan” — your grandmother
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Come on in," she invited.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "It's all right.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading SECRETS "Where's Nan?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
caught or fixed
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
in or at the place that
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SECRETS "Where's Nan?"
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading Rhoda whispered as she stuck her head into Bess and Nan's room at Lakeview Hall.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Bess got up from the gayly covered studio couch where she had been reading and opened wide the door.
Chapter 2 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays by Annie Roe Carr holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 147 sentences of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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