Chapter 5 of A Night in Acadie is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of A Night in Acadie is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No; oh no! I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are. It was a small Dresden figure. She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so. She may have thoughtlessly misplaced it; oh, I don’t know what!
Chapter 5 of A Night in Acadie is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.”
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.”
a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945
From this reading “It was a small Dresden figure.”
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “It was a small Dresden figure.”
having a usually specified type of handle
From this reading “She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.”
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.”
put in the wrong place or position
From this reading “She may have thoughtlessly misplaced it; oh, I don’t know what!”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a small Dresden figure.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
(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 I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She may have thoughtlessly misplaced it; oh, I don’t know what!
a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945
From this reading It was a small Dresden figure.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading It was a small Dresden figure.
a young female
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
having a usually specified type of handle
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She may have thoughtlessly misplaced it; oh, I don’t know what!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a small Dresden figure.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
put in the wrong place or position
From this reading She may have thoughtlessly misplaced it; oh, I don’t know what!
not any; not one
From this reading “No; oh no!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “No; oh no!
by chance
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
express in words
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It was a small Dresden figure.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
a special situation
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
in a thoughtless manner
From this reading She may have thoughtlessly misplaced it; oh, I don’t know what!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She may have handled and broken the thing and perhaps is afraid to say so.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a small Dresden figure.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She may have thoughtlessly misplaced it; oh, I don’t know what!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’m sure Agapie is an honest girl and we all love her; but you know how children are.
Chapter 5 of A Night in Acadie by Kate Chopin holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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