Chapter 25 of The Motor Girls Through New England is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The Motor Girls Through New England is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone." The hall boy brought the message. Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone. "Yes. Hello!
Chapter 25 of The Motor Girls Through New England is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 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.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello!”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.”
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading “The hall boy brought the message.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."”
United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
From this reading “SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."”
plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
a youthful male person
From this reading The hall boy brought the message.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The hall boy brought the message.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading The hall boy brought the message.
an expression of greeting
From this reading Hello!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading The hall boy brought the message.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
plural of “surprise” — the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Dr. Robbins jumped up from her book and hurried to the hall telephone.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading SURPRISES "Some one wants Dr. Robbins on the 'phone."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
Chapter 25 of The Motor Girls Through New England by Margaret Penrose holds 222 sentences, grouped into 45 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 25 holds 222 sentences of The Motor Girls Through New England, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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