Chapter 10 of A Little Florida Lady is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Little Florida Lady is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie." "Law, honey, yo' hadn't best. I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way." "I can't help it. I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
Chapter 10 of A Little Florida Lady is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."”
increase twofold
From this reading “The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."”
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading “"Law, honey, yo' hadn't best.”
a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges
From this reading “I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.”
plural of “low” — an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
From this reading “I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."”
a full supply
From this reading “I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.”
directions for making something
From this reading “The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."”
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading “I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.”
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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 I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading "Law, honey, yo' hadn't best.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
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From this reading "I can't help it.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
increase twofold
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
the act of departing
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Law, honey, yo' hadn't best.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "I can't help it.
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading "Law, honey, yo' hadn't best.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
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From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I can't help it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading "Law, honey, yo' hadn't best.
plural of “low” — an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
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From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
a full supply
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
any competition
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
directions for making something
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Horse Race "I'm going to double the recipe, Maggie."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want plenty of it so the judges can all have a taste.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I 'lows it's more partickiler to get good dat way."
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From this reading "Law, honey, yo' hadn't best.
Chapter 10 of A Little Florida Lady by Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte) Paine holds 287 sentences, grouped into 58 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 10 holds 287 sentences of A Little Florida Lady, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of A Little Florida Lady by Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte) Paine exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 287 sentences, grouped into 58 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.
Work through the 58 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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