Chapter 1 of The Rosie World is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Rosie World is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands. "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted. "All of yez! Make room for George!" What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
Chapter 1 of The Rosie World is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a tenant in someone's house
From this reading “What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.”
having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
From this reading “THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.”
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading “THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.”
Irish writer (born in 1932)
From this reading “THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.”
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading “THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.”
represented accurately or precisely
From this reading “What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.”
forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
From this reading “What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.”
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 “Make room for George!"”
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.
(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 "All of yez!
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
a tenant in someone's house
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Make room for George!"
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Make room for George!"
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
engage in
From this reading Make room for George!"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
Irish writer (born in 1932)
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "All of yez!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
represented accurately or precisely
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Make room for George!"
an educational institution
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted.
Chapter 1 of The Rosie World by Parker Fillmore holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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 114 sentences of The Rosie World, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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