Chapter 5 of True Stories of Girl Heroines is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of True Stories of Girl Heroines is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, yes, that is how I feel! Suppose it had been thou! Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you? Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place? Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
Chapter 5 of True Stories of Girl Heroines is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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brought into existence
From this reading “Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?”
argue or speak in defense of
From this reading “Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?”
for this reason
From this reading “Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.”
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
From this reading “Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?”
plural of “knave” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.”
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
From this reading “Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?”
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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 Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Suppose it had been thou!
brought into existence
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
a youthful male person
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
argue or speak in defense of
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading "Yes, yes, that is how I feel!
destroyed or killed
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Suppose it had been thou!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
for this reason
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, yes, that is how I feel!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, yes, that is how I feel!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes, yes, that is how I feel!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Suppose it had been thou!
plural of “knave” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
express a supposition
From this reading Suppose it had been thou!
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Yes, yes, that is how I feel!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Suppose it had been thou!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
at the time that
From this reading Robert should not have gone and left us, when our father was called hence too.
which person or people
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Oh, why was I not born a boy that I could set these surly knaves in their place?
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, yes, that is how I feel!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Suppose insult were offered to thee,--or to our mother,--who is there to defend you?
Chapter 5 of True Stories of Girl Heroines by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 5 holds 412 sentences of True Stories of Girl Heroines, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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