Chapter 15 of The Motor Girls on the Coast is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Motor Girls on the Coast is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!" "Aren't the lobsters delicious?" "Are you referring to us?" Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle. "If the net fits----" she murmured.
Chapter 15 of The Motor Girls on the Coast is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an aggressive manner
From this reading “Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.”
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading “Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.”
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
From this reading “Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.”
plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper
From this reading “"If the net fits----" she murmured.”
the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
From this reading “LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"”
plural of “lobster” — flesh of a lobster
From this reading “"Aren't the lobsters delicious?"”
plural of “olive” — small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
From this reading “LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"”
inflected form of “refer” — make reference to
From this reading “"Are you referring to us?"”
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 “Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"
in an aggressive manner
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you referring to us?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Aren't the lobsters delicious?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading "Aren't the lobsters delicious?"
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper
From this reading "If the net fits----" she murmured.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If the net fits----" she murmured.
the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
From this reading LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"
plural of “lobster” — flesh of a lobster
From this reading "Aren't the lobsters delicious?"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "If the net fits----" she murmured.
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading "If the net fits----" she murmured.
plural of “olive” — small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
From this reading LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"
go across or through
From this reading LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"
on the contrary
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
inflected form of “refer” — make reference to
From this reading "Are you referring to us?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If the net fits----" she murmured.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LAUNCHING THE "PET" "Pass the olives again, please!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Are you referring to us?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Ed bristled up, and looked rather aggressively at Belle.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Are you referring to us?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you referring to us?"
Chapter 15 of The Motor Girls on the Coast by Margaret Penrose holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 15 holds 123 sentences of The Motor Girls on the Coast, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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