Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1010, May 6, 1899 is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1010, May 6, 1899 is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EFFIE’S HERO. “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her. She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger. We can’t let her shut herself up much longer. We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1010, May 6, 1899 is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give encouragement to
From this reading ““I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.”
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading “We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.””
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading “EFFIE’S HERO.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “We can’t let her shut herself up much longer.”
comparative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.””
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading ““I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.”
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 “We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.””
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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 We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We can’t let her shut herself up much longer.
give encouragement to
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EFFIE’S HERO.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading EFFIE’S HERO.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading We can’t let her shut herself up much longer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
and nothing more
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading We can’t let her shut herself up much longer.
for more time
From this reading We can’t let her shut herself up much longer.
engage in
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading We can’t let her shut herself up much longer.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading We can’t let her shut herself up much longer.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
comparative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
the rays of the sun
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She’s got the summer before her now, and she’s getting stronger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “I’ve just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading We must get her out into the fresh air and sunshine, and make a new woman of her.”
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1010, May 6, 1899 by Various holds 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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 1 holds 206 sentences of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1010, May 6, 1899, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1010, May 6, 1899 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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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