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The Rosie World

Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 of The Rosie World is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Parker Fillmore • Curated US English Learning Edition
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THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."
Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.
"But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"
Ellen smiled on her mother patronisingly.
"It looks like he wants to call on me."
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The Rosie World

Chapter XXXVI · Chapter 36

Chapter 36 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

Line 1
THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."
Line 2
Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.
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"But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"
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Ellen smiled on her mother patronisingly.
Line 5
"It looks like he wants to call on me."
/ɪt lʊks laɪk hiː wɑːnts tuː kɔːl ɑːn miː/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

casually adverb US /ˈkæʒəwəli/

not methodically or according to plan

From this reading “THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
glanced verb US /ɡlænst/

past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading “Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nervously adverb US /ˈnɜːrvəsli/

in an anxiously nervous manner

From this reading “Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
O'Brien noun US /oʊˈbraɪɪn/

Irish writer (born in 1932)

From this reading “Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Saturday noun US /ˈsætərdi/

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading “THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
supper noun US /ˈsʌpər/

a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

From this reading “THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
treat verb US /triːt/

interact in a certain way

From this reading “THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wants noun US /wɑːnts/

plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty

From this reading “"It looks like he wants to call on me."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

glanced at verb + particle counted as “glance at”

In this reading “Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.”

58,318 times in 225,867 chapters
comes up verb + adjective counted as “come up”

bring forth, usually something desirable

In this reading “THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."”

80,012 times in 225,867 chapters
at supper preposition + noun

In this reading “THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."”

3,741 times in 225,867 chapters
smiled on verb + particle counted as “smile on”

In this reading “Ellen smiled on her mother patronisingly.”

9,860 times in 225,867 chapters
call on verb + particle

have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to

In this reading “"It looks like he wants to call on me."”

19,369 times in 225,867 chapters

All words in this reading · 52

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
askedverbUS /æskt/

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading "But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"

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callverbUS /kɔːl/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading "It looks like he wants to call on me."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
casuallyadverbUS /ˈkæʒəwəli/

not methodically or according to plan

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
comesnounUS /kʌmz/

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
comingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
dearadjectiveUS /dɪr/

dearly loved

From this reading "But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"

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doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"

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Ellen

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

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glancedverbUS /ɡlænst/

past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Harry's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

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hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Ellen smiled on her mother patronisingly.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hereadverbUS /hiːr/

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It looks like he wants to call on me."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading "It looks like he wants to call on me."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
looksnounUS /lʊks/

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading "It looks like he wants to call on me."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "It looks like he wants to call on me."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
mothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Ellen smiled on her mother patronisingly.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MrsnounUS /ˈmɪsɪz/

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nervouslyadverbUS /ˈnɜːrvəsli/

in an anxiously nervous manner

From this reading Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
niceadjectiveUS /naɪs/

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nightnounUS /naɪt/

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
O'BriennounUS /oʊˈbraɪɪn/

Irish writer (born in 1932)

From this reading Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.

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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
patronisinglyadverb

with condescension; in a patronizing manner

From this reading Ellen smiled on her mother patronisingly.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
remarkedverbUS /rɪˈmɑːrkt/

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Rosie

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mrs. O'Brien glanced at Rosie a little nervously.

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SaturdaynounUS /ˈsætərdi/

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
smiledverbUS /smaɪld/

past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading Ellen smiled on her mother patronisingly.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
suppernounUS /ˈsʌpər/

a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
townnounUS /taʊn/

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
treatverbUS /triːt/

interact in a certain way

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wantverbUS /wɑːnt/

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wantsnounUS /wɑːnts/

plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty

From this reading "It looks like he wants to call on me."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
WATCH-DOG

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Pending verification
whynounUS /waɪ/

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading "But, Ellen dear," she asked, "why does he want to be coming up here?"

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading THE WATCH-DOG That night at supper, Ellen remarked casually: "Harry's coming to town on Saturday, and if he comes up here, I want you all to treat him nice."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 36 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.

What does chapter 36 of The Rosie World contain?

Chapter 36 holds 114 sentences of The Rosie World, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 36 of The Rosie World by Parker Fillmore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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.

How do I study chapter 36 of The Rosie World?

Work through the 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 23 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 36 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Vocabulary met early in The Rosie World

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Rosie World, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Chin-chopper
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Rosie World; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
O'brien
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Rosie World; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Raised
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Rosie World; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Helpless
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Rosie World; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.