Chapter 9 of "They're a multitoode" and other stories is here in full — 695 sentences across 139 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of "They're a multitoode" and other stories is here in full — 695 sentences across 139 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL. So began my school-life. There is not time to tell you all about it now. There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old. Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
Chapter 9 of "They're a multitoode" and other stories is here in full — 695 sentences across 139 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL.”
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading “Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.”
an educational institution
From this reading “THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL.”
being one more than sixteen
From this reading “There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.”
being ten more than sixty
From this reading “There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.”
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.”
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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In this reading “There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.”
In this reading “Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.”
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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 Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
(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 There is not time to tell you all about it now.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading So began my school-life.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So began my school-life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
an educational institution
From this reading THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So began my school-life.
being one more than sixteen
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
being ten more than sixty
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So began my school-life.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
express in words
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Some of them had been slave girls, and could tell a story to match mine.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
a late time of life
From this reading There were about seventy of us there, from five to seventeen years old.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There is not time to tell you all about it now.
Chapter 9 of "They're a multitoode" and other stories by F. C. (Frederick Clarke) [Compiler] Stephenson holds 695 sentences, grouped into 139 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 9 holds 695 sentences of "They're a multitoode" and other stories, unabridged, divided into 139 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of "They're a multitoode" and other stories by F. C. (Frederick Clarke) [Compiler] Stephenson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 695 sentences, grouped into 139 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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