Chapter 9 of The Carroll Girls is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Carroll Girls is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window. "I _am_ so tired!" Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making. "Tired, Miss Esther!" she exclaimed. "Whatever with?
Chapter 9 of The Carroll Girls is here in full — 280 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.”
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “"Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.”
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “"Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “"Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “"Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.”
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading “Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “"I _am_ so tired!"”
in a weary manner
From this reading “"Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I _am_ so tired!"
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
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From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
dearly loved
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "Tired, Miss Esther!" she exclaimed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I _am_ so tired!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Tired, Miss Esther!" she exclaimed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Tired, Miss Esther!" she exclaimed.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I _am_ so tired!"
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading "I _am_ so tired!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Anna looked up in surprise from her task of bed-making.
in a weary manner
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading "Whatever with?
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading "Oh dear!" sighed Esther, dropping wearily into the chair by her bedroom window.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Whatever with?
Chapter 9 of The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch holds 280 sentences, grouped into 56 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 9 holds 280 sentences of The Carroll Girls, unabridged, divided into 56 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 280 sentences, grouped into 56 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.
Work through the 56 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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