Chapter 12 of The Motor Girls on the Coast is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Motor Girls on the Coast is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT THE COVE "Well, what do you know about that?" "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!" "They got back at us all right!" "And to think we never suspected." "What will we do with these theatre tickets?"
Chapter 12 of The Motor Girls on the Coast is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small inlet
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inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"They got back at us all right!"”
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading “"It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"”
not one, and not any
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precisely, exactly
From this reading “"They got back at us all right!"”
believed likely
From this reading “"And to think we never suspected."”
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading “"What will we do with these theatre tickets?"”
plural of “ticket” — a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
From this reading “"What will we do with these theatre tickets?"”
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 “"And to think we never suspected."”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading “"They got back at us all right!"”
In this reading “AT THE COVE "Well, what do you know about that?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
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(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 "They got back at us all right!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And to think we never suspected."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
in or near a particular place or position
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in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "They got back at us all right!"
a small inlet
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading AT THE COVE "Well, what do you know about that?"
a quad with a square body
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "They got back at us all right!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading AT THE COVE "Well, what do you know about that?"
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "And to think we never suspected."
not one, and not any
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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precisely, exactly
From this reading "They got back at us all right!"
express in words
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for that reason; with the result that
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believed likely
From this reading "And to think we never suspected."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AT THE COVE "Well, what do you know about that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT THE COVE "Well, what do you know about that?"
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading "What will we do with these theatre tickets?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "It--well, so long as there are none of 'em here I'll say it--it's the limit!"
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "What will we do with these theatre tickets?"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They got back at us all right!"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "And to think we never suspected."
plural of “ticket” — a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
From this reading "What will we do with these theatre tickets?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And to think we never suspected."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They got back at us all right!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "And to think we never suspected."
(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 AT THE COVE "Well, what do you know about that?"
used to ask for information about something
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used to talk about the future, or about willingness
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in the company of; together with
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the person or people being spoken to
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