Chapter 7 of The Head Girl at the Gables is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Head Girl at the Gables is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine. "It doesn't matter at all. You did no damage." "But I nearly knocked over your picture!" "A miss is as good as a mile!"
Chapter 7 of The Head Girl at the Gables is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 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 “apologize” — acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
From this reading “Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.”
the occurrence of a change for the worse
From this reading “You did no damage."”
of a dreadful kind
From this reading “Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.”
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “"But I nearly knocked over your picture!"”
an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
From this reading “Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.”
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “"A miss is as good as a mile!"”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “"But I nearly knocked over your picture!"”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.”
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 “Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.”
cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
In this reading “"But I nearly knocked over your picture!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "A miss is as good as a mile!"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "It doesn't matter at all.
past form of “apologize” — acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
From this reading Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A miss is as good as a mile!"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "It doesn't matter at all.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I nearly knocked over your picture!"
the occurrence of a change for the worse
From this reading You did no damage."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You did no damage."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It doesn't matter at all.
of a dreadful kind
From this reading Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "A miss is as good as a mile!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I nearly knocked over your picture!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "A miss is as good as a mile!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It doesn't matter at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading "But I nearly knocked over your picture!"
an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
From this reading Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "It doesn't matter at all.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading "A miss is as good as a mile!"
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "A miss is as good as a mile!"
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "But I nearly knocked over your picture!"
not any; not one
From this reading You did no damage."
above and across; more than
From this reading "But I nearly knocked over your picture!"
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading "But I nearly knocked over your picture!"
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading Kilmeny "I'm dreadfully sorry!" apologized Lorraine.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You did no damage."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But I nearly knocked over your picture!"
Chapter 7 of The Head Girl at the Gables by Angela Brazil holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 7 holds 178 sentences of The Head Girl at the Gables, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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