Chapter 2 of Only a Girl's Love is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Only a Girl's Love is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Poor girl!" murmured Stella. There was silence for a moment. "And those three live there all alone?" she said. "Not always," he replied, musingly. "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
Chapter 2 of Only a Girl's Love is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “"Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “"And those three live there all alone?" she said.”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “"Poor girl!" murmured Stella.”
many times at short intervals
From this reading “"Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “There was silence for a moment.”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading “"Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “"Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.”
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading “"Poor girl!" murmured Stella.”
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 “"Poor girl!" murmured Stella.”
temporarily
In this reading “There was silence for a moment.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “"Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.”
In this reading “"And those three live there all alone?" she said.”
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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 There was silence for a moment.
(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 "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
Having no one else present.
From this reading "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "Not always," he replied, musingly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was silence for a moment.
a young female
From this reading "Poor girl!" murmured Stella.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Not always," he replied, musingly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
a particular point in time
From this reading There was silence for a moment.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "Poor girl!" murmured Stella.
in a reflective manner
From this reading "Not always," he replied, musingly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not always," he replied, musingly.
many times at short intervals
From this reading "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Poor girl!" murmured Stella.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Not always," he replied, musingly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was silence for a moment.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
a male human offspring
From this reading "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading "Poor girl!" murmured Stella.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Sometimes, not often, the son Leycester comes down.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was silence for a moment.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "And those three live there all alone?" she said.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was silence for a moment.
Chapter 2 of Only a Girl's Love by Charles Garvice holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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 224 sentences of Only a Girl's Love, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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