Chapter 10 of Three girl chums at Laurel Hall is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Three girl chums at Laurel Hall is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily. Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth. "All right," she said. "Try to do it!" Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
Chapter 10 of Three girl chums at Laurel Hall is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take exception to
From this reading “THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.”
plural of “corner” — a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.”
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading “THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.”
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading “THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.”
your grandmother
From this reading “THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.”
past form of “slow” — lose velocity; move more slowly
From this reading “Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.”
move hurridly
From this reading “THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.”
at a steady rate or pace
From this reading “THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.
(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 right," she said.
take exception to
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
plural of “corner” — a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Try to do it!"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Try to do it!"
and nothing more
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.
your grandmother
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
in the near future
From this reading Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right," she said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "All right," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All right," she said.
past form of “slow” — lose velocity; move more slowly
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
move hurridly
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
at a steady rate or pace
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHALLENGE Nan Harrison met the insolent look of Kate Speed steadily.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Try to do it!"
having come into contact
From this reading Presently a smile touched the corners of her mouth.
create by training and teaching
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading "Try to do it!"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Kate might have said more, probably would have done so, had not the train just then slowed down.
Chapter 10 of Three girl chums at Laurel Hall by May Hollis Barton holds 106 sentences, grouped into 22 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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