Chapter 13 of A Little Girl in Old Quebec is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Little Girl in Old Quebec is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little. Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements. The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then. Were the English women like the French? Were there young girls among them?
Chapter 13 of A Little Girl in Old Quebec is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a wide scope
From this reading “FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.”
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.”
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading “FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.”
the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
From this reading “The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.”
plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.”
plural of “trader” — someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
From this reading “The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.”
showing curiosity
From this reading “FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Were there young girls among them?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
a wide scope
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading Were the English women like the French?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Were there young girls among them?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Were the English women like the French?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
the force of workers available
From this reading The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
above and across; more than
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
From this reading The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Were there young girls among them?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
plural of “trader” — someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
From this reading The men, as traders, came to Quebec now and then.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Down there, miles and miles below, were the English settlements.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Were the English women like the French?
showing curiosity
From this reading FROM A GIRL'S HEART Rose stood looking over the wide expanse of the river to the opposite shore, wondering a little.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Were there young girls among them?
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