Chapter 6 of The Twa Miss Dawsons is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Twa Miss Dawsons is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Are you pleased, papa? Will you let him come? And would you give him May?" "May must decide that for herself. All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
Chapter 6 of The Twa Miss Dawsons is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.”
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading “"May must decide that for herself.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “And would you give him May?"”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “"May must decide that for herself.”
go away from a place
From this reading “All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"Are you pleased, papa?”
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading “"Are you pleased, papa?”
express in speech
From this reading “All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.”
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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(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 All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And would you give him May?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you pleased, papa?
third-person singular of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Will you let him come?
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading "May must decide that for herself.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "May must decide that for herself.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading And would you give him May?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "May must decide that for herself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Will you let him come?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
go away from a place
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Will you let him come?
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And would you give him May?"
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "May must decide that for herself.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "Are you pleased, papa?
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading "Are you pleased, papa?
express in speech
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "May must decide that for herself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All that he asks now is my leave to come and speak for himself.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you let him come?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And would you give him May?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you pleased, papa?
Chapter 6 of The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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 428 sentences of The Twa Miss Dawsons, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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