Chapter 7 of Children of loneliness is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Children of loneliness is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What was the use of my coming to you?” I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile. “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?” “Why--my dear!” The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
Chapter 7 of Children of loneliness is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
From this reading ““If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?””
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
From this reading “The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.”
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading ““If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?””
hide under a false appearance
From this reading “The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.”
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading “I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.”
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading ““If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?””
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.”
possessive form of “ward” — a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
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In this reading “The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.”
In this reading “The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.”
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From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
dearly loved
From this reading “Why--my dear!”
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From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
imaginative intellectual play
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
hide under a false appearance
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
not any; not one
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading I was in no mood for her make-believe settlement smile.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
carry out
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
the act of using
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
possessive form of “ward” — a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading The mask of smiling kindness dropped from Miss Ward’s face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why--my dear!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “If you don’t take me in, aren’t you pushing me in the street--joining hands with my landlady?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What was the use of my coming to you?”
Chapter 7 of Children of loneliness by Anzia Yezierska holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 7 holds 430 sentences of Children of loneliness, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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