Chapter 5 of The story of Don Miff is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The story of Don Miff is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor. The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on. “Oh, what is it?” “What do you suppose? Guess?”
Chapter 5 of The story of Don Miff is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading ““What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.”
a hat tied under the chin
From this reading “The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “Guess?””
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.”
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading ““What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.”
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.”
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.
a young female
In this reading “The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.”
In this reading ““What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.”
In this reading ““What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.”
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.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
(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 young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
a hat tied under the chin
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading Guess?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, what is it?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, what is it?”
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, what is it?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
express a supposition
From this reading “What do you suppose?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you think?” said I, the next afternoon, as I entered the parlor.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The young ladies were all there; Lucy, with whom I had an engagement to walk, with her bonnet on.
Chapter 5 of The story of Don Miff by Virginius Dabney holds 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
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