Chapter 15 of Peggy is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Peggy is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS? "Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!" "Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!" "But I will ask you. I do ask you.
Chapter 15 of Peggy is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"”
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “"Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!"”
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading “"Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!"”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “"Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!"”
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I will ask you.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do ask you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!"
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading "Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!"
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading "Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!"
any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia
From this reading WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Oh, Peggy, please don't ask me!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Lobelia, I insist upon knowing!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "But I will ask you.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH LOBELIA PARKINS?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But I will ask you.
Chapter 15 of Peggy by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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 15 holds 241 sentences of Peggy, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Peggy by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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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