Chapter 13 of Those Dale Girls is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of Those Dale Girls is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France. This has been a momentous month. We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.” Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar. Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.
Chapter 13 of Those Dale Girls is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
-ing form of “admire” — feel admiration for
From this reading “Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.”
Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
From this reading “Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.”
plural of “elbow” — hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading “Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.”
plural of “grocery” — a marketplace where groceries are sold
From this reading “We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.””
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading “Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.”
of very great significance
From this reading “This has been a momentous month.”
feeling great rapture or delight
From this reading “Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.”
at a wholesale price
From this reading “We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.””
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 table in the kitchen
In this reading “Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.”
In this reading “Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This has been a momentous month.
-ing form of “admire” — feel admiration for
From this reading Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This has been a momentous month.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
From this reading Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.
a game played with playing cards
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.
plural of “elbow” — hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
plural of “grocery” — a marketplace where groceries are sold
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This has been a momentous month.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
of very great significance
From this reading This has been a momentous month.
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading This has been a momentous month.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
in an open way
From this reading Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
feeling great rapture or delight
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
express in words
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Bridget stood in the doorway openly admiring.
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This has been a momentous month.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Hester, ‘we have arrived,’ as they say in France.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
at a wholesale price
From this reading We’ve sent out our cards and bought our first groceries at wholesale.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Julie leaned her elbows on the kitchen table and gazed with a rapt meditative air at their first barrel of sugar.
Chapter 13 of Those Dale Girls by Frances Carruth Prindle holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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 13 holds 199 sentences of Those Dale Girls, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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