Chapter 2 of Quality Street: A Comedy is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Quality Street: A Comedy is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISS SUSAN (_beaming_). We are all quite well, sir. VALENTINE. May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe? I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
Chapter 2 of Quality Street: A Comedy is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cheerful and bright
terminate
From this reading “I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?”
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.”
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading “I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?”
be seated
From this reading “May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?”
a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
From this reading “VALENTINE.”
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 “May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading We are all quite well, sir.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are all quite well, sir.
cheerful and bright
From this reading MISS SUSAN (_beaming_).
terminate
From this reading I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS SUSAN (_beaming_).
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading We are all quite well, sir.
term of address for a man
From this reading We are all quite well, sir.
be seated
From this reading May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS SUSAN (_beaming_).
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading May I sit on this chair, Miss Phoebe?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I know Miss Susan likes me to break her chairs.
a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
From this reading VALENTINE.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are all quite well, sir.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading We are all quite well, sir.
Chapter 2 of Quality Street: A Comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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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