Chapter 7 of The Automobile Girls at Newport is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Automobile Girls at Newport is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Girls!” Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook. “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day. I think we had better stay in town.” “Oh, Aunt Sallie!”
Chapter 7 of The Automobile Girls at Newport is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
plural of “magazine” — a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
your personal financial means
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
in a grave and sedate manner
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
plural of “veil” — a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
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.
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In this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
In this reading “Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.”
In this reading “I think we had better stay in town.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I think we had better stay in town.”
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “Girls!”
the act of departing
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I think we had better stay in town.”
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
plural of “magazine” — a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Aunt Sallie!”
your personal financial means
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
in a grave and sedate manner
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I think we had better stay in town.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think we had better stay in town.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I feel, in my bones, that it is going to rain to-day.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading I think we had better stay in town.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
plural of “veil” — a garment that covers the head and face
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I think we had better stay in town.”
during the time that
From this reading Aunt Sallie said solemnly next morning, as Mr. Cartwright and two footmen helped her into the motor car, while Barbara, Grace and Mollie stood around holding her extra veils, her magazines and pocketbook.
Chapter 7 of The Automobile Girls at Newport by Laura Dent Crane holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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.
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