Chapter 5 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BODIE. I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital. Had to give her a chance of picking up. (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging. DR.
Chapter 5 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading “(_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “Had to give her a chance of picking up.”
having lost your job
From this reading “I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.”
structures collectively in which people are housed
From this reading “(_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading “Had to give her a chance of picking up.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.”
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
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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 Had to give her a chance of picking up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BODIE.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Had to give her a chance of picking up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
having lost your job
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DR.
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From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Had to give her a chance of picking up.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had to give her a chance of picking up.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
structures collectively in which people are housed
From this reading (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Had to give her a chance of picking up.
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading Had to give her a chance of picking up.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
From this reading (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Had to give her a chance of picking up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
at the time that
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
in or at the place that
From this reading I didn’t know where else to send her when she was discharged from the hospital.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_Thawing._) It was good of you to give her board and lodging.
Chapter 5 of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 427 sentences of A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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