Chapter 2 of Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl. Why, why--how has it come about! When did you do it? I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady. Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"
Chapter 2 of Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"”
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading “I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl.”
possessive form of “harrison” — English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading “I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.”
the act of departing
From this reading “I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.”
possessive form of “lucy” — incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading “I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.”
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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 I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Why, why--how has it come about!
in the past
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Why, why--how has it come about!
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading When did you do it?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading When did you do it?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
a young female
From this reading "DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl.
possessive form of “harrison” — English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why, why--how has it come about!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, why--how has it come about!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, why--how has it come about!
a polite name for any woman
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
the act of departing
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl.
possessive form of “lucy” — incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "DADDY NEIL" "Stand there, little girl.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"
at the time that
From this reading When did you do it?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, why--how has it come about!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Peggy, baby, what have you done with my little girl?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When did you do it?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading I went away nine months ago leaving a little girl in Mammy Lucy's and Harrison's charge and I have returned to find a young lady.
Chapter 2 of Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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