Chapter 11 of The pelicans is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The pelicans is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.” “You wouldn’t!” laughed Bertha. “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly. I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.” “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
Chapter 11 of The pelicans is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.””
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading ““Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading ““You wouldn’t!” laughed Bertha.”
a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading “I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.””
a full supply
From this reading “I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.””
the act of severing
From this reading ““Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.”
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ““Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.”
a musician who plays the violin
From this reading ““Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.””
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 ““Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
(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 I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You wouldn’t!” laughed Bertha.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
dearly loved
From this reading “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “You wouldn’t!” laughed Bertha.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
a full supply
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
the act of severing
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.”
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I love an outing, and there’ll be plenty of room in the car for all of us.”
precisely as stated
From this reading “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.
a musician who plays the violin
From this reading “Some violinist--I can’t remember his name.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Mrs. Severing was kind enough to suggest my coming too--room for a small one,” said Minnie agitatedly.
(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 “Well, my dear, that’ll be very jolly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You wouldn’t!” laughed Bertha.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You wouldn’t!” laughed Bertha.
Chapter 11 of The pelicans by E. M. Delafield holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 11 holds 412 sentences of The pelicans, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The pelicans by E. M. Delafield exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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