Chapter 22 of Rosemary is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 22 of Rosemary is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!" Rosemary cried. "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live. I despise them!" The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
Chapter 22 of Rosemary is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
in a critical manner
From this reading “The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.”
look down on with disdain
From this reading “I despise them!"”
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading “The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.”
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"”
a collection of live animals for study or display
From this reading “SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"”
offending against or breaking a law or rule
From this reading “The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.”
widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
From this reading “Rosemary cried.”
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading “SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"”
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 SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
anew
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Rosemary cried.
in a critical manner
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
look down on with disdain
From this reading I despise them!"
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
a collection of live animals for study or display
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
offending against or breaking a law or rule
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
From this reading Rosemary cried.
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
a particular situation
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor picked up the offending little shoes and eyed them critically.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I never want to see a pair of high-heeled shoes again as long as I live.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SARAH LOSES A MENAGERIE "You may burn them up or give them away or sell them!"
Chapter 22 of Rosemary by Josephine Lawrence holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 22 holds 153 sentences of Rosemary, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Rosemary by Josephine Lawrence exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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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