Chapter 10 of A Little Girl in Old San Francisco is here in full — 340 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Little Girl in Old San Francisco is here in full — 340 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854. The streets were full of people. Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music. Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices: "The days of old, the days of gold, The days of forty-nine."
Chapter 10 of A Little Girl in Old San Francisco is here in full — 340 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “accordion” — a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
From this reading “Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.”
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading “Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:”
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading “Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:”
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
From this reading “ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.”
rules governing socially acceptable behavior
From this reading “ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.”
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading “Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.”
resist doing something
From this reading “Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:”
plural of “singer” — a person who sings
From this reading “Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:”
sound loudly
In this reading “ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.”
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From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
plural of “accordion” — a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
From this reading Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.
(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 Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading "The days of old, the days of gold, The days of forty-nine."
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
rules governing socially acceptable behavior
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
being nine more than forty
From this reading "The days of old, the days of gold, The days of forty-nine."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The streets were full of people.
coins made of gold
From this reading "The days of old, the days of gold, The days of forty-nine."
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The streets were full of people.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "The days of old, the days of gold, The days of forty-nine."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The streets were full of people.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
resist doing something
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
plural of “singer” — a person who sings
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The streets were full of people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Banjos were being strummed, accordions lent their music.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ETHICS AND ETIQUETTE It was midnight, and the bells rang out for 1854.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The streets were full of people.
during the time that
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Singers really made bedlam, but above all you heard every little while the refrain from a chorus of voices:
Chapter 10 of A Little Girl in Old San Francisco by Amanda M. Douglas holds 340 sentences, grouped into 68 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 340 sentences of A Little Girl in Old San Francisco, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
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