Chapter 6 of The Seven Darlings is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Seven Darlings is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"New experience. Never carried girl before. Experience worth repeating. Like 'em old-fashioned--like Great-grandmother Saltonstall. Like 'em to faint."
Chapter 6 of The Seven Darlings is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Never carried girl before.”
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading “"New experience.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “Like 'em to faint."”
a young female
From this reading “Never carried girl before.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “"New experience.”
out of fashion
From this reading “Like 'em old-fashioned--like Great-grandmother Saltonstall.”
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading “Experience worth repeating.”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “Experience worth repeating.”
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.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never carried girl before.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Never carried girl before.
a quad with a square body
From this reading Like 'em old-fashioned--like Great-grandmother Saltonstall.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading "New experience.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Like 'em to faint."
a young female
From this reading Never carried girl before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like 'em old-fashioned--like Great-grandmother Saltonstall.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Like 'em old-fashioned--like Great-grandmother Saltonstall.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never carried girl before.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "New experience.
out of fashion
From this reading Like 'em old-fashioned--like Great-grandmother Saltonstall.
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading Experience worth repeating.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like 'em old-fashioned--like Great-grandmother Saltonstall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Like 'em to faint."
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Experience worth repeating.
Chapter 6 of The Seven Darlings by Gouverneur Morris holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 400 sentences of The Seven Darlings, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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