Chapter 15 of Rhoda of the Underground is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Rhoda of the Underground is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born. “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought. “Poor child! If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be! It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
Chapter 15 of Rhoda of the Underground is here in full — 272 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(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 “At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.”
the act of consuming food
From this reading “It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading ““She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.”
comparative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!”
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading “At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.”
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
From this reading ““She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.”
not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
From this reading “At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.”
a diluting agent
From this reading ““She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.”
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.
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In this reading ““Poor child!”
the dining table where dinner is served and eaten
In this reading “At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.”
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
In this reading “If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
(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 At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Poor child!
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
the act of consuming food
From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
opinion or judgment
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
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From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
comparative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
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From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
and nothing more
From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
and nothing more
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It’s just eating out her heart, I know it is!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Poor child!
not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
a diluting agent
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She is surely growing thinner and paler,” was her motherly thought.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the dinner table Mrs. Ware’s eyes rested with loving anxiety upon her first-born.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If she would only give up to her love how much happier she would be!
Chapter 15 of Rhoda of the Underground by Florence Finch Kelly holds 272 sentences, grouped into 55 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.
Chapter 15 holds 272 sentences of Rhoda of the Underground, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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