Chapter 1 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CINDERELLA (_insisting_). I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face. BODIE. That is perhaps the smile of motherhood. Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
Chapter 1 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading “Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.”
a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
From this reading “CINDERELLA (_insisting_).”
continual and persistent demands
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
From this reading “That is perhaps the smile of motherhood.”
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “That is perhaps the smile of motherhood.”
express a supposition
From this reading “I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.”
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In this reading “Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.”
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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 Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BODIE.
a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
From this reading CINDERELLA (_insisting_).
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
continual and persistent demands
From this reading CINDERELLA (_insisting_).
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is perhaps the smile of motherhood.
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
From this reading That is perhaps the smile of motherhood.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That is perhaps the smile of motherhood.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
on one occasion
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
by chance
From this reading That is perhaps the smile of motherhood.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading That is perhaps the smile of motherhood.
laugh quietly
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I suppose that’s the reason she has that snigger on her face.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some people think there was once a baby in her arms.
Chapter 1 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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