Chapter 22 of Ramona is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Ramona is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea. “My own horse! She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!” But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her. The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Chapter 22 of Ramona is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading ““Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.”
a small cake leavened with yeast
From this reading ““Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.”
make reference to
From this reading “The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.”
represent falsely
From this reading “The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.”
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading “The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.”
shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
From this reading ““Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.”
a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English “Mrs” or “madam”
From this reading “The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.”
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
From this reading “She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
(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 The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
any thing at all
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
a small cake leavened with yeast
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
divisible by two
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “My own horse!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
make reference to
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
represent falsely
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My own horse!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
and nothing more
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “My own horse!
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English “Mrs” or “madam”
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading But even as she spoke, her heart misgave her.
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
carry out
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Baba!” cried Ramona, aghast at the idea.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
precisely as stated
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
(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 The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Senora would dare anything; would misrepresent anything; only too well Ramona knew what the very mention of the phrase “horse-stealing” meant all through the country.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would not dare to call it stealing a horse, to take my own Baba!”
Chapter 22 of Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 22 holds 227 sentences of Ramona, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 227 sentences, grouped into 46 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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