Chapter 19 of When the movies were young is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of When the movies were young is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money. The percentage told that story. What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month. Made us nervous. Where were we headed?
Chapter 19 of When the movies were young is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading “What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.”
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “Where were we headed?”
easily agitated
From this reading “Made us nervous.”
a secret look
From this reading “What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.”
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
From this reading “The percentage told that story.”
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.”
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
From this reading “What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.”
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading “What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.”
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 “GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.”
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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 What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading Where were we headed?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Made us nervous.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
easily agitated
From this reading Made us nervous.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
a secret look
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
From this reading The percentage told that story.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading The percentage told that story.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The percentage told that story.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
a special situation
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading The percentage told that story.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Made us nervous.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading GETTING ON One thing was sure--the pictures were making money.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a thrill we got at the first peek at the royalty check each month.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where were we headed?
Chapter 19 of When the movies were young by Linda Arvidson holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 19 holds 129 sentences of When the movies were young, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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