Chapter 11 of That Little Girl of Miss Eliza's is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of That Little Girl of Miss Eliza's is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order. Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel. Her state of mind was felt all over the room. The silence was ominous. It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
Chapter 11 of That Little Girl of Miss Eliza's is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.”
having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
From this reading “It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.”
easily agitated
From this reading “Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.”
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading “The silence was ominous.”
incapable of or resistant to bending
From this reading “Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.”
an educational institution
From this reading “Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.”
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading “Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.”
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading “Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.”
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.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
(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 Her state of mind was felt all over the room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Her state of mind was felt all over the room.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Her state of mind was felt all over the room.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
easily agitated
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her state of mind was felt all over the room.
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading The silence was ominous.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
above and across; more than
From this reading Her state of mind was felt all over the room.
incapable of or resistant to bending
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Her state of mind was felt all over the room.
an educational institution
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The silence was ominous.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Her state of mind was felt all over the room.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Her voice was sharp and her body rigid as steel.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was not that of a healthy, well-disciplined set of boys and girls.
at the time that
From this reading Miss Hanscom was nervous when she called the school to order.
Chapter 11 of That Little Girl of Miss Eliza's by Jean K. (Jean Katherine) Baird holds 214 sentences, grouped into 43 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 11 holds 214 sentences of That Little Girl of Miss Eliza's, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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