Chapter 5 of That Sweet Little Old Lady is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of That Sweet Little Old Lady is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Great," Malone said. "The chief authorized it." "He did?" Boyd's round face fell at the news. "He said to buy her whatever she wants.
Chapter 5 of That Sweet Little Old Lady is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 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.
endowed with authority
From this reading “"The chief authorized it."”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “"He said to buy her whatever she wants.”
a person who is in charge
From this reading “"The chief authorized it."”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “Boyd's round face fell at the news.”
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading “"Great," Malone said.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “Boyd's round face fell at the news.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “"He said to buy her whatever she wants.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “"He said to buy her whatever she wants.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Boyd's round face fell at the news.
endowed with authority
From this reading "The chief authorized it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Boyd's round face fell at the news.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading "He said to buy her whatever she wants.
a person who is in charge
From this reading "The chief authorized it."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "He did?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Boyd's round face fell at the news.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Boyd's round face fell at the news.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "Great," Malone said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He did?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "He said to buy her whatever she wants.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "The chief authorized it."
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading "Great," Malone said.
information about recent and important events
From this reading Boyd's round face fell at the news.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Boyd's round face fell at the news.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Great," Malone said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He said to buy her whatever she wants.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The chief authorized it."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He said to buy her whatever she wants.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading "He said to buy her whatever she wants.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading "He said to buy her whatever she wants.
Chapter 5 of That Sweet Little Old Lady by Randall Garrett holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 417 sentences of That Sweet Little Old Lady, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of That Sweet Little Old Lady by Randall Garrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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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