Chapter 2 of Rosemary and Rue, by Amber is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Rosemary and Rue, by Amber is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
* * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy. The day has gone by for physically delicate women. This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles. Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste. To the question, "How are you to-day?"
Chapter 2 of Rosemary and Rue, by Amber is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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more than enough in size or scope or capacity
From this reading “This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.”
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading “Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.”
plural of “demand” — an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading “This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.”
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading “This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.”
in accord with physical laws
From this reading “The day has gone by for physically delicate women.”
often used as intensifiers
From this reading “This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.”
plural of “waist” — the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading “This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “* * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.”
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how long something has existed
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
more than enough in size or scope or capacity
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To the question, "How are you to-day?"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
plural of “demand” — an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To the question, "How are you to-day?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
in accord with physical laws
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading To the question, "How are you to-day?"
Identical; not different.
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
having a pattern of dots
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the question, "How are you to-day?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To the question, "How are you to-day?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
often used as intensifiers
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
plural of “waist” — the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
which person or people
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The day has gone by for physically delicate women.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To the question, "How are you to-day?"
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading This age demands Hebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscles.
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading * * * * * Thank the Lord, all ye who can call yourselves healthy.
Chapter 2 of Rosemary and Rue, by Amber by Martha Everts Holden holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 2 holds 410 sentences of Rosemary and Rue, by Amber, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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