Chapter 5 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIRST NEIGHBOR (_nodding_). Every one was terribly shocked! GRANDMOTHER (_still gasping_). Red shoes to church! SECOND NEIGHBOR.
Chapter 5 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading “Red shoes to church!”
-ing form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “GRANDMOTHER (_still gasping_).”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “FIRST NEIGHBOR (_nodding_).”
having branches or flower heads that bend downward
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading “Every one was terribly shocked!”
a particular situation
From this reading “Red shoes to church!”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “Every one was terribly shocked!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Red shoes to church!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one was terribly shocked!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading FIRST NEIGHBOR (_nodding_).
-ing form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading GRANDMOTHER (_still gasping_).
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading GRANDMOTHER (_still gasping_).
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading FIRST NEIGHBOR (_nodding_).
having branches or flower heads that bend downward
From this reading FIRST NEIGHBOR (_nodding_).
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one was terribly shocked!
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Red shoes to church!
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading SECOND NEIGHBOR.
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading Every one was terribly shocked!
a particular situation
From this reading Red shoes to church!
not in physical motion
From this reading GRANDMOTHER (_still gasping_).
used as intensifiers
From this reading Every one was terribly shocked!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Red shoes to church!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every one was terribly shocked!
Chapter 5 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 5 holds 403 sentences of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Children's Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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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