Chapter 13 of A Little Girl in Old Detroit is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of A Little Girl in Old Detroit is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A HIDDEN FOE. Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot! They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark. How good it was to be alive, to be free! The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
Chapter 13 of A Little Girl in Old Detroit is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading “They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.”
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading “They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.”
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
From this reading “They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.”
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading “The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.”
delicately beautiful
From this reading “The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.”
past form of “dance” — move in a graceful and rhythmical way
From this reading “The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.”
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading “A HIDDEN FOE.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.”
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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 A HIDDEN FOE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
possessing life
From this reading How good it was to be alive, to be free!
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How good it was to be alive, to be free!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
delicately beautiful
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
past form of “dance” — move in a graceful and rhythmical way
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading A HIDDEN FOE.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading How good it was to be alive, to be free!
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
destroyed or killed
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading How good it was to be alive, to be free!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
not accessible to view
From this reading A HIDDEN FOE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How good it was to be alive, to be free!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
the rays of the sun
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The sunshine had never been so golden, she thought, nor danced so among the branches nor shook out such dainty sprites.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ah, what a day it was to Jeanne Angelot!
in the company of; together with
From this reading They had gone early in the morning and taken some food with them in a pretty basket made of birch bark.
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