Chapter 6 of The Turning of Griggsby is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Turning of Griggsby is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DAN'L WEBSTER SMEAD was right. Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there. Weeks passed, and they were still absent. Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read. It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
Chapter 6 of The Turning of Griggsby is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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not being in a specified place
From this reading “Weeks passed, and they were still absent.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.”
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.”
the head of a state government
From this reading “It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.”
English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading “DAN'L WEBSTER SMEAD was right.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “Weeks passed, and they were still absent.”
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.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
not being in a specified place
From this reading Weeks passed, and they were still absent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAN'L WEBSTER SMEAD was right.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
the head of a state government
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Weeks passed, and they were still absent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
precisely, exactly
From this reading DAN'L WEBSTER SMEAD was right.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DAN'L WEBSTER SMEAD was right.
not in physical motion
From this reading Weeks passed, and they were still absent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Weeks passed, and they were still absent.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DAN'L WEBSTER SMEAD was right.
English playwright (1580-1625)
From this reading DAN'L WEBSTER SMEAD was right.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Weeks passed, and they were still absent.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Weeks passed, and they were still absent.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then the truth came to me and to Florence in a letter from Ralph, which she asked me to read.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It ran as follows: “Dearest Florence,--I'm having a hard time with the governor.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Colonel Buckstone went to New York, and Ralph joined him there.
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