Chapter 6 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALICE. ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right. What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’ AMY. ‘Poor father.’
Chapter 6 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.”
come to pass
From this reading “What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’”
go away from a place
From this reading “What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “‘Poor father.’”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.”
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From this reading ALICE.
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From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
come to pass
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
go away from a place
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading ‘Poor father.’
precisely, exactly
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
carry out
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you think would happen if I were to leave you to him!’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Take care, Amy, or I shall begin to believe that your father was right.
Chapter 6 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 401 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 6 holds 401 sentences of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 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 401 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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