Chapter 13 of Aunt Madge's Story is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Aunt Madge's Story is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOOD BY. It happened that she was a cross baby. It did not take her long to forget all about heaven. She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried. "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
Chapter 13 of Aunt Madge's Story is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading “"She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.”
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “"She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.”
sullen or unfriendly in appearance
From this reading “"She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.”
cause friction
From this reading “She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.”
lacking teeth
From this reading “She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.”
inflected form of “trot” — run at a moderately swift pace
From this reading “She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “"She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.”
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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 happened that she was a cross baby.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
(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 It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading It happened that she was a cross baby.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading GOOD BY.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
travel across or pass over
From this reading It happened that she was a cross baby.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading GOOD BY.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading It happened that she was a cross baby.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It happened that she was a cross baby.
and nothing more
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
not any; not one
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
sullen or unfriendly in appearance
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
cause friction
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It happened that she was a cross baby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
carry out
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It happened that she was a cross baby.
up to a particular time
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It did not take her long to forget all about heaven.
lacking teeth
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
inflected form of “trot” — run at a moderately swift pace
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It happened that she was a cross baby.
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading "She's a wicked, awful baby!" exclaimed I, scowling at her till my eyes ached.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She liked to pull hair, and she liked to scratch faces; and no matter how much you trotted her up and down, she just opened her toothless mouth and cried.
Chapter 13 of Aunt Madge's Story by Sophie May holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 13 holds 154 sentences of Aunt Madge's Story, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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