Chapter 6 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh!" Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face. "Is it to be a party?" "Not altogether a party." Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
Chapter 6 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 413 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.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “"Not altogether a party."”
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.”
in a questionable and dubious manner
From this reading “Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.”
firmly closed or secured
From this reading “Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.”
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
From this reading “Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.”
past form of “purse” — contract one's lips into a rounded shape
From this reading “Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading "Not altogether a party."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Is it to be a party?"
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
in a questionable and dubious manner
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
firmly closed or secured
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is it to be a party?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Is it to be a party?"
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not altogether a party."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
above and across; more than
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading "Is it to be a party?"
compacted by ironing
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
past form of “purse” — contract one's lips into a rounded shape
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pam pressed a hand flat to each cheek and fastened a look of round-eyed, incredulous delight on Father Mostyn’s face.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Father Mostyn pursed up his lips dubiously over the word.
Chapter 6 of The Post-Girl by Edward Charles Booth holds 413 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 6 holds 413 sentences of The Post-Girl, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Post-Girl by Edward Charles Booth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 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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