Chapter 2 of Pleiades Club Year Book 1910 is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Pleiades Club Year Book 1910 is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MUSIC AND MYSTERY. “Papa can stand no more! How, then, can I break this to him?” The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co. “Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.”
Chapter 2 of Pleiades Club Year Book 1910 is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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deem to be
From this reading ““Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.””
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
From this reading “The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.”
characterized by or capable of producing music
From this reading “The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “MUSIC AND MYSTERY.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading ““Papa can stand no more!”
a member of a police force
From this reading ““Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.””
convulsive gasp made while weeping
From this reading “The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.”
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
From this reading “The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.”
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a girl or young woman who is unmarried
In this reading “The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.”
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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 speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MUSIC AND MYSTERY.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
terminate
From this reading How, then, can I break this to him?”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Papa can stand no more!
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
deem to be
From this reading “Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
a young female
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How, then, can I break this to him?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How, then, can I break this to him?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How, then, can I break this to him?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Papa can stand no more!
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading MUSIC AND MYSTERY.
characterized by or capable of producing music
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading MUSIC AND MYSTERY.
not any; not one
From this reading “Papa can stand no more!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Papa can stand no more!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.”
a member of a police force
From this reading “Consider me a policeman and not a piano-mover.”
in a radiant manner
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
convulsive gasp made while weeping
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
be standing; be upright
From this reading “Papa can stand no more!
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading How, then, can I break this to him?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading How, then, can I break this to him?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How, then, can I break this to him?”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The speaker, a radiantly beautiful young girl, stood sobbing in the great musical emporium of Harry M. Daly & Co.
Chapter 2 of Pleiades Club Year Book 1910 by Pleiades Club holds 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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 2 holds 37 sentences of Pleiades Club Year Book 1910, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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