Chapter 8 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
2. "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother." 3. "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is." 4.
Chapter 8 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining is here in full — 450 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."”
at any time
From this reading “"All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “"All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “"All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."”
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading “"All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."”
on the contrary
From this reading “"I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “"I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."”
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading “"I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."”
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set up or found
In this reading “"I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."”
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From this reading 2.
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From this reading 3.
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From this reading 4.
(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 "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
at any time
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
the force of workers available
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
on the contrary
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I would rather men should ask why my statue is not set up than why it is."
Chapter 8 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining by Herbert B., Mrs. Linscott holds 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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 8 holds 450 sentences of Bright Ideas for Entertaining, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Bright Ideas for Entertaining by Herbert B., Mrs. Linscott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 450 sentences, grouped into 90 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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