Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MUSICIANS BURIED 1. There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies. 2. Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge. 3.
Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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placed in a grave
From this reading “MUSICIANS BURIED 1.”
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.”
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading “Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.”
plural of “isle” — a small island
From this reading “There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.”
Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
From this reading “Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.”
plural of “musician” — someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading “MUSICIANS BURIED 1.”
past form of “rake” — move through with or as if with a rake
From this reading “Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.”
plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.”
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In this reading “There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.”
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From this reading MUSICIANS BURIED 1.
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From this reading 2.
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From this reading 3.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
placed in a grave
From this reading MUSICIANS BURIED 1.
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
plural of “isle” — a small island
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
plural of “musician” — someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading MUSICIANS BURIED 1.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
past form of “rake” — move through with or as if with a rake
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Maud Muller raked the hay, deny it not, O Judge.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were verd isles and tender blue of summer skies.
Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining by Herbert B., Mrs. Linscott holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 399 sentences of Bright Ideas for Entertaining, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining by Herbert B., Mrs. Linscott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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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