Chapter 2 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899 is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899 is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN RIVER STREET. “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works. “Don’t you be too easy-going.” “Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile. “How?”
Chapter 2 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899 is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading ““Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.”
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading ““Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading ““Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.”
an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
From this reading ““Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading ““Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading ““Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading ““Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.”
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading ““Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Don’t you be too easy-going.”
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you be too easy-going.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you be too easy-going.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
toward home
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN RIVER STREET.
and nothing more
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading IN RIVER STREET.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading IN RIVER STREET.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “Don’t you be too easy-going.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Am I too easy-going?” asked Oscar with a smile.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, Oscar, I’ve just this one bit of advice to give you,” said North, as the pair walked homewards from the works.
Chapter 2 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899 by Various holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 189 sentences of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1012, May 20, 1899 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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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