Chapter 7 of Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring. She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean. "Jean! Jean, I hate to tell you! But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
Chapter 7 of Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.”
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “Jean, I hate to tell you!”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.”
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.”
sounding like thunder
From this reading “A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.”
on a floor above
From this reading “A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
the act of departing
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Jean, I hate to tell you!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Jean, I hate to tell you!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
go away from a place
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
a particular point in time
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
above and across; more than
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Sidney's going to leave in a few minutes to bring Peter home.
express in words
From this reading Jean, I hate to tell you!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She entered the dark bedroom hurriedly, and leaned over Jean.
sounding like thunder
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jean, I hate to tell you!
on a floor above
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A moment later she ran upstairs, her heart thundering with a sense of her own daring.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Jean, I hate to tell you!
Chapter 7 of Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
Chapter 7 holds 433 sentences of Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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