Chapter 18 of 365 bedtime stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of 365 bedtime stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern. “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose. “But he didn’t. I have a fine nose, haven’t I?” “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
Chapter 18 of 365 bedtime stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading ““Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.”
a junior Girl Scout
From this reading ““Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.”
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading ““I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.”
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
From this reading ““I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.”
easily agitated
From this reading ““I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading ““I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.”
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.”
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From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
a youthful male person
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
a junior Girl Scout
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But he didn’t.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But he didn’t.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have a fine nose, haven’t I?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have a fine nose, haven’t I?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
a small worthless amount
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
easily agitated
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
a special situation
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
precisely as stated
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern “I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern.
at the time that
From this reading “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
Chapter 18 of 365 bedtime stories by Mary Graham Bonner holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 18 holds 406 sentences of 365 bedtime stories, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of 365 bedtime stories by Mary Graham Bonner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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