Chapter 9 of The Carter Girls is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Carter Girls is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME LETTERS. From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter. Greendale, Va., May --, 19--. Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely. Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
Chapter 9 of The Carter Girls is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.”
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.”
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.”
in tiny pieces
From this reading “Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.”
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading “From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “Already the noble palace is rearing its head.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “Already the noble palace is rearing its head.”
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
From this reading “Already the noble palace is rearing its head.”
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In this reading “SOME LETTERS.”
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From this reading Greendale, Va., May --, 19--.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.
in tiny pieces
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Greendale, Va., May --, 19--.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
the literary culture
From this reading SOME LETTERS.
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Greendale, Va., May --, 19--.
impressive in appearance
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dear Douglas: Bill and I are coming on finely.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME LETTERS.
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From this reading From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Already the noble palace is rearing its head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From Lewis Somerville to Douglas Carter.
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading Greendale, Va., May --, 19--.
Chapter 9 of The Carter Girls by Nell Speed holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 204 sentences of The Carter Girls, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Carter Girls by Nell Speed exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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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