Chapter 1 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6. So you are back at your beloved Vassar! Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year? Or more so? More so, I expect.
Chapter 1 of Azalea's Silver Web is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dearly loved
From this reading “So you are back at your beloved Vassar!”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “More so, I expect.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.”
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?”
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading “Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?”
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In this reading “Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?”
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From this reading Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
dearly loved
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading More so, I expect.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading More so, I expect.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
immediately past
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Or more so?
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or more so?
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
From this reading Tennyson Mountain, N. C., October 6.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Does it seem as wonderful as it did last year?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So you are back at your beloved Vassar!
Chapter 1 of Azalea's Silver Web by Elia Wilkinson Peattie holds 270 sentences, grouped into 54 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 1 holds 270 sentences of Azalea's Silver Web, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
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