Chapter 1 of The Motor Girls Through New England is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Motor Girls Through New England is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Exactly what did you mean, Cora?" "You know perfectly well, Jack." "No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into. Did you hurt your nose?" "Not the least bit, my dear brother.
Chapter 1 of The Motor Girls Through New England is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “"Not the least bit, my dear brother.”
past form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading “"No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into.”
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
From this reading “"Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “"Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"”
be the source of pain
From this reading “Did you hurt your nose?"”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “"You know perfectly well, Jack."”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “Did you hurt your nose?"”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"You know perfectly well, Jack."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "Not the least bit, my dear brother.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "Not the least bit, my dear brother.
past form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading "No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into.
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
From this reading "Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"
dearly loved
From this reading "Not the least bit, my dear brother.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"
be the source of pain
From this reading Did you hurt your nose?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into.
a small worthless amount
From this reading "You know perfectly well, Jack."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "You know perfectly well, Jack."
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Not the least bit, my dear brother.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Not the least bit, my dear brother.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Did you hurt your nose?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "You know perfectly well, Jack."
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "No, really, I did not know what you--bumped into.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Not the least bit, my dear brother.
(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 "You know perfectly well, Jack."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Exactly what did you mean, Cora?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you hurt your nose?"
Chapter 1 of The Motor Girls Through New England by Margaret Penrose holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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 1 holds 152 sentences of The Motor Girls Through New England, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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