Chapter 30 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley. "Don't go off now. It will be all right." She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect. With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
Chapter 30 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a region marking a boundary
From this reading “With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.”
make calm or still
From this reading “A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.”
the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
From this reading “She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.”
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
From this reading “She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.”
shake, as from cold
From this reading “With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.”
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading “A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.”
make steady
From this reading “A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.”
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 “A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.”
In this reading “A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.”
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
In this reading “"Don't go off now.”
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 A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
(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 It will be all right."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be all right."
a region marking a boundary
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
make calm or still
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
dearly loved
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't go off now.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
a young female
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Don't go off now.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will be all right."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Don't go off now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Don't go off now.
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
precisely, exactly
From this reading It will be all right."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
shake, as from cold
From this reading With a shudder the girl held herself back from the brink of a faint.
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
make steady
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A SLEEPLESS NIGHT "Steady, my dear!" came the calm voice of Mrs. Brownley.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will be all right."
in the company of; together with
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
the words that are spoken
From this reading She put her arms about Sylvia, and the pressure, with the calming words, had an effect.
Chapter 30 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks by Gertrude Hall Brownell holds 125 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 30 holds 125 sentences of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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