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Chapter 1 of While Caroline Was Growing is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Set up and Electrotyped. Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B. With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared. 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
Chapter 1 of While Caroline Was Growing is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
From this reading “To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.”
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading “With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.”
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading “66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!”
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading “Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.”
sweep across or over
From this reading “With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.”
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From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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From this reading 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
From this reading To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Set up and Electrotyped.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
on or to one side
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
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From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
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From this reading Set up and Electrotyped.
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
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 To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
march in a procession
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Set up and Electrotyped.
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From this reading 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
sweep across or over
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Set up and Electrotyped.
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From this reading 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading 66 "Sh! sh!" he whispered excitedly, "not a vordt!
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a great sweep of her arm, she brushed aside a portiere and disappeared.
Chapter 1 of While Caroline Was Growing by Josephine Daskam Bacon 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.
Chapter 1 holds 418 sentences of While Caroline Was Growing, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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