Chapter 9 of The King's Daughters is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The King's Daughters is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further. "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more." Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her. "Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said. "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
Chapter 9 of The King's Daughters is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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stopped up; clogged up
From this reading “Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.”
feel grief
From this reading “"Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “"Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.”
inflected form of “pet” — stroke or caress gently
From this reading “Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.”
made smooth by ironing
From this reading “Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “"Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.”
plural of “sob” — a dyspneic condition
From this reading “Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “"Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.”
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(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
react verbally
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
having unsuitable feminine qualities
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
dearly loved
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
feel grief
From this reading "Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
an old word for “no”
From this reading "Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.
not any; not one
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
inflected form of “pet” — stroke or caress gently
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "He is at rest, my dear heart, and shall die no more."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.
made smooth by ironing
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
plural of “sob” — a dyspneic condition
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.
express in words
From this reading "O Dorothy! dear Dorothy! tell me quick--Father--" Cissy could get no further.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading "Nay, grieve not thus, sweet heart," she said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cissy was not able to answer for the sobs that choked her voice, and Dorothy smoothed her hair and petted her.
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading "Oh no, it is so wicked of me!" sobbed poor Cissy.
Chapter 9 of The King's Daughters by Emily Sarah Holt holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 438 sentences of The King's Daughters, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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