Chapter 2 of The Carroll Girls is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Carroll Girls is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Children, _do_ make haste! How long you do take coming when I send for you! And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare. All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do. I have heard from your father.
Chapter 2 of The Carroll Girls is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading “And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.”
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading “All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “"Children, _do_ make haste!”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.”
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading “All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.”
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.”
refrain from harming
From this reading “And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.”
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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 And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
(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 All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading "Children, _do_ make haste!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Children, _do_ make haste!
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading I have heard from your father.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I have heard from your father.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
only a very short time before
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading "Children, _do_ make haste!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
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From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have heard from your father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
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From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
engage in
From this reading "Children, _do_ make haste!
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
a particular point in time
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
information about recent and important events
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading All my plans are changed in a minute, and I can hardly realise all I have to do.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
refrain from harming
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
carry out
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And I've had such news I am really quite bewildered, and haven't a moment to spare.
at the time that
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How long you do take coming when I send for you!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have heard from your father.
Chapter 2 of The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch holds 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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 253 sentences of The Carroll Girls, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
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