Chapter 7 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AMY. ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’ GINEVRA. ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’ AMY.
Chapter 7 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
engage in
From this reading “‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’”
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
From this reading “‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’”
carry out
From this reading “‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’”
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 ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AMY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
engage in
From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
to a great degree or extent
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
carry out
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘I _will_ make a sacrifice--I will.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading ‘Ginevra, you take too much upon yourself.’
Chapter 7 of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 403 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 7 holds 403 sentences of Alice Sit-By-The-Fire, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 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 403 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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