Chapter 7 of 365 bedtime stories is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of 365 bedtime stories is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato. “‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion. ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’ “‘Pooh!’ exclaimed the potato. ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
Chapter 7 of 365 bedtime stories is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading “‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.”
plural of “grandparent” — a parent of your father or mother
From this reading “‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’”
the bulb of an onion plant
From this reading ““‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.”
yielding a fair profit
From this reading ““‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.”
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading ““‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.”
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading “‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.”
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paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
In this reading ““‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.”
In this reading “‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “‘Pooh!’ exclaimed the potato.
a social unit living together
From this reading ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
plural of “grandparent” — a parent of your father or mother
From this reading ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
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From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’
not any; not one
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
impressive in appearance
From this reading ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
the bulb of an onion plant
From this reading “‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.
yielding a fair profit
From this reading “‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘Pooh!’ exclaimed the potato.
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading “‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading ‘It means a family tree and noble grandparents.’
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “‘What does it mean?’ asked the potato.
in or at the place that
From this reading ‘If a vegetable isn’t good itself it makes no difference where it came from nor what its grandparents were.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “‘You weren’t paying attention,’ said the onion.
Chapter 7 of 365 bedtime stories by Mary Graham Bonner holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 7 holds 399 sentences of 365 bedtime stories, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of 365 bedtime stories by Mary Graham Bonner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in 365 bedtime stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
