Chapter 10 of Upsidonia is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Upsidonia is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I was not left alone long. Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion. "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair. "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it." She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
Chapter 10 of Upsidonia is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “"I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."”
requiring full use of your abilities or resources
From this reading “She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.”
indicating a lack of maturity
From this reading “Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.”
plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading “She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.”
plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction
From this reading “"Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.”
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading “"I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."”
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.
In this reading “She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.”
In this reading “"Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.”
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 "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
Having no one else present.
From this reading I was not left alone long.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
used as intensifiers
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
requiring full use of your abilities or resources
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
indicating a lack of maturity
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was not left alone long.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
the sound of laughing
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
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 I was not left alone long.
plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I was not left alone long.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was not left alone long.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
express in words
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
express a supposition
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading "Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was not left alone long.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
in the company of; together with
From this reading She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
Chapter 10 of Upsidonia by Archibald Marshall holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 10 holds 133 sentences of Upsidonia, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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