Chapter 24 of Our Davie Pepper is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of Our Davie Pepper is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face. “O dear me!” “How fine!” exclaimed Polly brightly. It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome. Now they had really come!
Chapter 24 of Our Davie Pepper is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.”
with brightness
From this reading ““How fine!” exclaimed Polly brightly.”
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading “It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.”
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.”
a Hebrew minor prophet
From this reading “THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.”
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading “It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.”
(of a thought or act) unwelcome or involuntary
From this reading “THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.”
humorously sarcastic or mocking
From this reading “THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.”
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a disdainful grimace
In this reading “THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.”
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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 THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
with brightness
From this reading “How fine!” exclaimed Polly brightly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Now they had really come!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
dearly loved
From this reading “O dear me!”
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “How fine!” exclaimed Polly brightly.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “How fine!” exclaimed Polly brightly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now they had really come!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How fine!” exclaimed Polly brightly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
a Hebrew minor prophet
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “O dear me!”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now they had really come!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O dear me!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How fine!” exclaimed Polly brightly.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Now they had really come!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now they had really come!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
(of a thought or act) unwelcome or involuntary
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was quite elegant to be waiting for company, but it began to be a bit tiresome.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
humorously sarcastic or mocking
From this reading THE UNINVITED GUEST “They’re coming!” announced Joel, with a wry face.
Chapter 24 of Our Davie Pepper by Margaret Sidney holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 24 holds 184 sentences of Our Davie Pepper, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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