Chapter 3 of The S. W. F. Club is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The S. W. F. Club is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UNCLE PAUL'S ANSWER "Mother! O mother, where are you!" Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs. "O Mother Shaw! It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.
Chapter 3 of The S. W. F. Club is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.”
replying
From this reading “Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.”
in a breathless manner
From this reading “It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.”
possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “UNCLE PAUL'S ANSWER "Mother!”
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading “Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.”
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading “Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.”
possessive form of “shaw” — United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading “Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “UNCLE PAUL'S ANSWER "Mother!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.
react verbally
From this reading UNCLE PAUL'S ANSWER "Mother!
replying
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading O mother, where are you!"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.
in a breathless manner
From this reading It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
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From this reading It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.
immediately past
From this reading It's come at last!" she announced breathlessly.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading UNCLE PAUL'S ANSWER "Mother!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O mother, where are you!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading UNCLE PAUL'S ANSWER "Mother!
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading "O Mother Shaw!
possessive form of “shaw” — United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading UNCLE PAUL'S ANSWER "Mother!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pauline cried, and on Mrs. Shaw's answering from her own room, she ran on up-stairs.
in or at the place that
From this reading O mother, where are you!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O mother, where are you!"
Chapter 3 of The S. W. F. Club by Caroline Emilia Jacobs holds 273 sentences, grouped into 55 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 3 holds 273 sentences of The S. W. F. Club, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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