Chapter 2 of The Little Missis is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Little Missis is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!" "Well, let them. What do I care?" "Oh, but just come and look a minute. See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
Chapter 2 of The Little Missis is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading “See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “What do I care?"”
taking care or paying attention
From this reading “See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Well, let them.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “"Oh, but just come and look a minute.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “"Oh, but just come and look a minute.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"”
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.
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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 "Oh, but just come and look a minute.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh, but just come and look a minute.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Oh, but just come and look a minute.
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading What do I care?"
taking care or paying attention
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do I care?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
and nothing more
From this reading "Oh, but just come and look a minute.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Well, let them.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Oh, but just come and look a minute.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "Oh, but just come and look a minute.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, but just come and look a minute.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
express in words
From this reading THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See how carefully he is helping her out of the cab.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Well, let them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOME-COMING "I say, mother, they've come!"
(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, let them.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do I care?"
Chapter 2 of The Little Missis by Charlotte Skinner holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 134 sentences of The Little Missis, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Little Missis by Charlotte Skinner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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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