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Chapter 12 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter. “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher. Let's go home; it's all right. Of course I knew it would be.” “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
Chapter 12 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading ““Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course I knew it would be.””
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Let's go home; it's all right.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ““That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading ““She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading ““Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.”
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading ““She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading ““That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 Let's go home; it's all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Of course I knew it would be.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course I knew it would be.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Let's go home; it's all right.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Let's go home; it's all right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Of course I knew it would be.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Of course I knew it would be.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let's go home; it's all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Of course I knew it would be.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let's go home; it's all right.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course I knew it would be.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Let's go home; it's all right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading “She's talking to Johnnie Watson and Joe Bullitt and May Parcher.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “That's Miss Pratt,” whispered Mrs. Baxter.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, certainly,” said Mr. Baxter, as they turned.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Of course I knew it would be.”
Chapter 12 of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time by Booth Tarkington holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 12 holds 203 sentences of Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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