Chapter 37 of Rose O'Paradise is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of Rose O'Paradise is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?" Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward. His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety. The girl drew him to her lap. How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
Chapter 37 of Rose O'Paradise is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 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 “His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.”
ruin completely
From this reading “"BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “The girl drew him to her lap.”
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading “The girl drew him to her lap.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!”
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading “His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.”
uttered with a trill
From this reading “Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.”
directed up
From this reading “Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.”
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From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
(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 His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
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From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
ruin completely
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading The girl drew him to her lap.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
at any time
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
opinion or judgment
From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.
a young female
From this reading The girl drew him to her lap.
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From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl drew him to her lap.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The girl drew him to her lap.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading The girl drew him to her lap.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.
uttered with a trill
From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
having or joined by a seam or seams
From this reading His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl drew him to her lap.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading How many times Jinnie had asked that question of herself!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
directed up
From this reading Bobbie asked one day, his eyes rolling upward.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "BUST 'EM OUT" "Jinnie, ain't we ever goin' back to Peggy?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading His small face was seamed with questioning anxiety.
Chapter 37 of Rose O'Paradise by Grace Miller White holds 249 sentences, grouped into 50 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 37 holds 249 sentences of Rose O'Paradise, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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