Chapter 3 of The Sweet Girl Graduates is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Sweet Girl Graduates is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Maude_ Oh! It must be time,--where is everybody? _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.) _Maude_ O you, yes! But I mean mamma!
Chapter 3 of The Sweet Girl Graduates is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “_Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “_Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)”
every person
From this reading “It must be time,--where is everybody?”
plural of “gaze” — a long fixed look
From this reading “_Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)”
a small worthless amount
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “But I mean mamma!”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “But I mean mamma!”
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading “_Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)”
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 “_Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It must be time,--where is everybody?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I mean mamma!
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
every person
From this reading It must be time,--where is everybody?
plural of “gaze” — a long fixed look
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I mean mamma!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It must be time,--where is everybody?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must be time,--where is everybody?
a small worthless amount
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
informal terms for a mother
From this reading But I mean mamma!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Maude_ Oh!
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading But I mean mamma!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must be time,--where is everybody?
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 _Maude_ O you, yes!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading _Maude_ Oh!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading _Jack_ I'm here, (sits on arm of chair and gazes at her.)
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It must be time,--where is everybody?
in or at the place that
From this reading It must be time,--where is everybody?
an affirmative
From this reading _Maude_ O you, yes!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Maude_ O you, yes!
Chapter 3 of The Sweet Girl Graduates by H. Rea (Hannah Rea) Woodman holds 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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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