Chapter 11 of Pollyanna Grows Up is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Pollyanna Grows Up is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SURPRISE FOR MRS. CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed. She would forget it. The boy was not Jamie--he could not be Jamie. That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?
Chapter 11 of Pollyanna Grows Up is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)
From this reading “CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.”
disabled in the feet or legs
From this reading “That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?”
with efficiency; in an efficient manner
From this reading “CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.”
plural of “improvement” — a change for the better; progress in development
From this reading “CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.”
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading “CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.”
plural of “repair” — the act of putting something in working order again
From this reading “CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.”
unhealthy looking
From this reading “That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?”
possessive form of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?”
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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 A SURPRISE FOR MRS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The boy was not Jamie--he could not be Jamie.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy was not Jamie--he could not be Jamie.
Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The boy was not Jamie--he could not be Jamie.
disabled in the feet or legs
From this reading That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
with efficiency; in an efficient manner
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR MRS.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading She would forget it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The boy was not Jamie--he could not be Jamie.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
From this reading That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?
plural of “improvement” — a change for the better; progress in development
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She would forget it.
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From this reading The boy was not Jamie--he could not be Jamie.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR MRS.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The boy was not Jamie--he could not be Jamie.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
plural of “repair” — the act of putting something in working order again
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
unhealthy looking
From this reading That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?
possessive form of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?
a male human offspring
From this reading That ignorant, sickly, crippled boy her dead sister's son?
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading A SURPRISE FOR MRS.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CAREW The matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that she had done her duty, and that the matter was closed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would forget it.
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