Chapter 22 of Ready, aye ready! is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Ready, aye ready! is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GREAT DREAD! "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected. "We did not hear you coming. Are those roses for me? How has the class gone to-day?"
Chapter 22 of Ready, aye ready! is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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perceived or discerned
From this reading “"WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.”
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading “THE GREAT DREAD!”
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading “"WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.”
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading “"WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.”
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading “"WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “"WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.”
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “Are those roses for me?”
having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
From this reading “"WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.”
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In this reading “THE GREAT DREAD!”
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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 "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are those roses for me?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading How has the class gone to-day?"
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "We did not hear you coming.
perceived or discerned
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "We did not hear you coming.
fearful expectation or anticipation
From this reading THE GREAT DREAD!
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Are those roses for me?
destroyed or killed
From this reading How has the class gone to-day?"
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT DREAD!
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How has the class gone to-day?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "We did not hear you coming.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How has the class gone to-day?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Are those roses for me?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "We did not hear you coming.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Are those roses for me?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT DREAD!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Are those roses for me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How has the class gone to-day?"
having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We did not hear you coming.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "WHY, Annie, my child!" the Rector said, raising himself on one elbow, and greeting her with a smile, in which some veiled anxiety might have been detected.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We did not hear you coming.
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