Chapter 10 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Now, keep perfectly quiet. Don’t move an inch. We’ll have you out of it in a few moments. Here, Dill, give me the rope. Now the end of a rail.
Chapter 10 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
From this reading “Here, Dill, give me the rope.”
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading “Don’t move an inch.”
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading “We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Don’t move an inch.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading ““Now, keep perfectly quiet.”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading ““Now, keep perfectly quiet.”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “Now the end of a rail.”
a strong line
From this reading “Here, Dill, give me the rope.”
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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In this reading “We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.”
In this reading ““Now, keep perfectly quiet.”
In this reading “Don’t move an inch.”
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 We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Don’t move an inch.
aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
From this reading Here, Dill, give me the rope.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t move an inch.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Now the end of a rail.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Here, Dill, give me the rope.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here, Dill, give me the rope.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading Don’t move an inch.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Now, keep perfectly quiet.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here, Dill, give me the rope.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Don’t move an inch.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now, keep perfectly quiet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Now, keep perfectly quiet.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “Now, keep perfectly quiet.
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading Now the end of a rail.
a strong line
From this reading Here, Dill, give me the rope.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here, Dill, give me the rope.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We’ll have you out of it in a few moments.
Chapter 10 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country by Janet Aldridge holds 207 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 10 holds 207 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country by Janet Aldridge exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 207 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.
Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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