Chapter 9 of Phyllis, a twin is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Phyllis, a twin is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TWINS INDEED "Snow!" Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room. "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin. An expectant silence fell over the room. "Yes, Miss Baxter,"--Janet rose to answer.
Chapter 9 of Phyllis, a twin is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by eager anticipation
From this reading “An expectant silence fell over the room.”
being in focus or brought into focus
From this reading “"Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “"Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.”
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
From this reading “"Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.”
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading “Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.”
either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
From this reading “"Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “TWINS INDEED "Snow!"”
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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 Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An expectant silence fell over the room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
react verbally
From this reading "Yes, Miss Baxter,"--Janet rose to answer.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
marked by eager anticipation
From this reading An expectant silence fell over the room.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading An expectant silence fell over the room.
being in focus or brought into focus
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
a young female
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading TWINS INDEED "Snow!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading "Yes, Miss Baxter,"--Janet rose to answer.
express in words
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading An expectant silence fell over the room.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading TWINS INDEED "Snow!"
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes, Miss Baxter,"--Janet rose to answer.
either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading TWINS INDEED "Snow!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, Miss Baxter,"--Janet rose to answer.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Janet, did you say that?"--Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin.
Chapter 9 of Phyllis, a twin by Dorothy Whitehill holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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.
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