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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.
Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.
They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.
I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.
I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”
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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.
Line 2
Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.
Line 3
They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.
Line 4
I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.
Line 5
I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

Learner Dictionary

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Shadow noun US /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading “Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.”

All words in this reading · 86

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a

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

an

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

and

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

announced

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

April

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

at

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

be

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

because

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

bringing

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

but

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

by

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

calmly

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

came

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

clever

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

Confidences

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

could

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

crisp

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

days

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

doggedness

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

down

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

each

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

easily

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

elfland

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

enormously

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

even

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

examinations

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

expected

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

falling

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

followed

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

frosty

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

girls

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

going

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

golden

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

gradually

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

Greek

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

had

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

hard

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

her

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

I

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

I'd

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

I'm

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

in

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

itself

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

Johnson

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

Jonas

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

lambs

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

like

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

lost

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

March

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

mathematical

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

Mathematics

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

meekest

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

mildest

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

moonshine

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

Mutual

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

not

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

notebooks

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

of

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

one

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

Over

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

Patty's

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

Phil

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

pink

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

Place

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

prove

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

rather

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

really

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From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

Scholarship

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

settled

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

she

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

studying

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

take

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From this reading “I’m going to take the Johnson Scholarship in Mathematics,” she announced calmly.

text

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

that

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

the

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

They

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

tingling

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

to

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

twilight

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

want

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I could take the one in Greek easily, but I’d rather take the mathematical one because I want to prove to Jonas that I’m really enormously clever.”

was

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From this reading Over the girls at Patty’s Place was falling the shadow of April examinations.

were

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

which

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

winter

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From this reading Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.

with

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From this reading They were studying hard; even Phil had settled down to text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her.

Chapter 26 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 26 of Anne of the Island contain?

Chapter 26 holds 133 sentences of Anne of the Island, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 26 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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.

How do I study chapter 26 of Anne of the Island?

Work through the 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Vocabulary met early in Anne of the Island

Words and structures a reader meets early in Anne of the Island, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Shadow
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of the Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Change
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Harvest
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of the Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ended
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