Chapter 15 of A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep. I sewed only a little." "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams. "These seams are all stitched," she said smilingly. Anne looked at them in surprise.
Chapter 15 of A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading “AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.”
a person who is not a serf or a slave
From this reading “"Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.”
with neatness
From this reading “"Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.”
plural of “seam” — joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
From this reading “"Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.”
fastened with stitches
From this reading “I sewed only a little."”
with smiles; in a smiling manner
From this reading “"These seams are all stitched," she said smilingly.”
fastened with stitches
From this reading “"Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.”
as much as a thimble will hold
From this reading “AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.”
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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 sewed only a little."
(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 "These seams are all stitched," she said smilingly.
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "These seams are all stitched," she said smilingly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
put on clothes
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
a person who is not a serf or a slave
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
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From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Anne looked at them in surprise.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I sewed only a little."
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
with neatness
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
and nothing more
From this reading I sewed only a little."
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
plural of “seam” — joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
fastened with stitches
From this reading I sewed only a little."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "These seams are all stitched," she said smilingly.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
with smiles; in a smiling manner
From this reading "These seams are all stitched," she said smilingly.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
fastened with stitches
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Anne looked at them in surprise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Let me see," and Mrs. Freeman picked up the dress, and looked at the neatly stitched seams.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Anne looked at them in surprise.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "These seams are all stitched," she said smilingly.
as much as a thimble will hold
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading AMOS APPEARS Anne picked up her thimble and said: "I'm sorry I went to sleep.
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