Chapter 17 of A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OH, WHICH IS LOVE? March opened cold and stormy. Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville. For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him. Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
Chapter 17 of A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of grasping
From this reading “Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.”
providing freedom from worry
From this reading “Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.”
on a floor below
From this reading “For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.”
someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
From this reading “Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.”
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading “Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.”
any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
From this reading “Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.”
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading “Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.”
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading “March opened cold and stormy.”
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In this reading “For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.”
In this reading “For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.”
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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 Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading March opened cold and stormy.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
the act of grasping
From this reading Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading March opened cold and stormy.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
providing freedom from worry
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
wanted intensely
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
on a floor below
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OH, WHICH IS LOVE?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading OH, WHICH IS LOVE?
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
march in a procession
From this reading March opened cold and stormy.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading OH, WHICH IS LOVE?
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading March opened cold and stormy.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
From this reading Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rheumatism made a clutch at M. de Ronville.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Dr. Langdale skipped away from a lecture he really desired to hear, and spent an hour comforting the invalid.
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading March opened cold and stormy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For several days he did not come downstairs, but insisted that some of the guests must come to him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading OH, WHICH IS LOVE?
Chapter 17 of A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg by Amanda M. Douglas holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 17 holds 227 sentences of A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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