Chapter XIX of The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies, “The House Is Haunted,” is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIX
Chapter XIX of The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies, “The House Is Haunted,” is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation. "Let me see the foolish man." She approached the window and raised the shade sharply. Then she hoisted the sash itself. But Costello, the junkman, was gone.
Chapter XIX of The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies, “The House Is Haunted,” is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 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.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.”
an exasperated feeling of annoyance
From this reading “"Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.”
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading “"Let me see the foolish man."”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “"Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.”
past form of “hoist” — raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
From this reading “Then she hoisted the sash itself.”
a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
From this reading “Then she hoisted the sash itself.”
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Costello, the junkman, was gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Costello, the junkman, was gone.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
an exasperated feeling of annoyance
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading "Let me see the foolish man."
destroyed or killed
From this reading But Costello, the junkman, was gone.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
past form of “hoist” — raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
From this reading Then she hoisted the sash itself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then she hoisted the sash itself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Costello, the junkman, was gone.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me see the foolish man."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Let me see the foolish man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me see the foolish man."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.
a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
From this reading Then she hoisted the sash itself.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Let me see the foolish man."
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Let me see the foolish man."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she hoisted the sash itself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Costello, the junkman, was gone.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
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 She approached the window and raised the shade sharply.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why do ye fash yoursel' so?" demanded Mrs. McCall in growing wonder and exasperation.
Chapter 19 of The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies by Grace Brooks Hill holds 144 sentences, grouped into 29 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 19 holds 144 sentences of The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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