Chapter 3 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AMY. ‘Oh.’ Some seconds elapse before she can speak again. ‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’ ALICE.
Chapter 3 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anew
From this reading “Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.”
pass by
From this reading “Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.”
express in speech
From this reading “Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’”
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anew
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
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From this reading ALICE.
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From this reading AMY.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
pass by
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ‘Oh.’
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
express in speech
From this reading Some seconds elapse before she can speak again.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading ‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘You will have some tea, won’t you?’
Chapter 3 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 402 sentences of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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