Chapter 13 of Ready, aye ready! is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Ready, aye ready! is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WITH MISS WILMOT. "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you. She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid. Annie Wilmot looked up with a smile. "O yes, I expected Nancy Dunn," she said.
Chapter 13 of Ready, aye ready! is here in full — 91 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “"O yes, I expected Nancy Dunn," she said.”
possessive form of “name” — a language unit by which a person or thing is known
From this reading “She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.”
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading “She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.”
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading “She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Annie Wilmot looked up with a smile.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.”
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a girl or young woman who is unmarried
In this reading “"PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.”
seek information from
In this reading “Annie Wilmot looked up with a smile.”
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 "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annie Wilmot looked up with a smile.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading "O yes, I expected Nancy Dunn," she said.
a young female
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "O yes, I expected Nancy Dunn," she said.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Annie Wilmot looked up with a smile.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading WITH MISS WILMOT.
possessive form of “name” — a language unit by which a person or thing is known
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O yes, I expected Nancy Dunn," she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "O yes, I expected Nancy Dunn," she said.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Annie Wilmot looked up with a smile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She says her name's Nancy Dunn," announced the Rectory parlour-maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Annie Wilmot looked up with a smile.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WITH MISS WILMOT.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH MISS WILMOT.
an affirmative
From this reading "O yes, I expected Nancy Dunn," she said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "PLEASE, Miss Wilmot, there's a young girl wants to see you.
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