Chapter 3 of A new name is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of A new name is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence. This is always a good time of year you know.” “Yes, I know. Everybody getting new things.” She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
Chapter 3 of A new name is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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every person
From this reading “Everybody getting new things.””
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading ““Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “Everybody getting new things.””
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading “She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.”
a full supply
From this reading “She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “This is always a good time of year you know.””
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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a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
In this reading “This is always a good time of year you know.””
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 “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
every person
From this reading Everybody getting new things.”
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Everybody getting new things.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Everybody getting new things.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
a full supply
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “Oh, I had a pretty good day, Florence.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Everybody getting new things.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She sighed, with a fierce longing that she too might have plenty of money to get new things.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, I know.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading This is always a good time of year you know.”
Chapter 3 of A new name by Grace Livingston Hill holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 3 holds 431 sentences of A new name, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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