Chapter 16 of Phronsie Pepper is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Phronsie Pepper is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME HINGHAM CALLS. “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.” “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way. “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way. Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
Chapter 16 of Phronsie Pepper is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading ““But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.”
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “SOME HINGHAM CALLS.”
with great urgency
From this reading ““Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.””
a young female
From this reading “Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.”
past form of “grieve” — feel grief
From this reading ““O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.”
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading “Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.”
a Hebrew minor prophet
From this reading ““Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.””
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading ““O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.”
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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 “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
later than; following
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading SOME HINGHAM CALLS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
with great urgency
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.
a young female
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
past form of “grieve” — feel grief
From this reading “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOME HINGHAM CALLS.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
a Hebrew minor prophet
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
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 Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “But I can’t do it--do beg off for me some way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME HINGHAM CALLS.
carry out
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, it’s impossible for me to look the girl in the face after what I’ve said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Phronsie,” said Joel desperately, “I can’t take Miss Loughead with us.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “O Joey! you promised,” said Phronsie in a grieved way.
Chapter 16 of Phronsie Pepper by Margaret Sidney holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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 16 holds 152 sentences of Phronsie Pepper, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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