Chapter 11 of Three Girls from School is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Three Girls from School is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why, what in the world is the matter with her? I thought her quite pretty." "Oh, my dear Henry! Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be. And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
Chapter 11 of Three Girls from School is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
elegant and fashionable
From this reading “Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “"Oh, my dear Henry!”
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading “Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.”
yielding a fair profit
From this reading “And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.”
to a small degree or extent
From this reading “And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.”
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.
temporarily
In this reading “Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.”
In this reading “"Why, what in the world is the matter with her?”
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 Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
elegant and fashionable
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
dearly loved
From this reading "Oh, my dear Henry!
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
a young female
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading "Oh, my dear Henry!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought her quite pretty."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
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From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
a particular point in time
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh, my dear Henry!
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, my dear Henry!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
yielding a fair profit
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
by chance
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading I thought her quite pretty."
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading I thought her quite pretty."
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then her paying for her own tea--it seemed to me slightly bad form.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought her quite pretty."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "Why, what in the world is the matter with her?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Pretty perhaps, but not classy; not for a moment the style of girl that Lady Lushington's niece would be expected to be.
Chapter 11 of Three Girls from School by L. T. Meade holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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