Chapter 2 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HANS [_rubbing his eyes_]. Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all. MOTHER. Oh, Hans, don't say that. Think how happy we can be.
Chapter 2 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dearly loved
From this reading “Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.”
opinion or judgment
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading “HANS [_rubbing his eyes_].”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Think how happy we can be.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “MOTHER.”
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
express in words
From this reading “Oh, Hans, don't say that.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.”
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(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 Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Think how happy we can be.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Think how happy we can be.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Hans, don't say that.
opinion or judgment
From this reading HANS [_rubbing his eyes_].
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading HANS [_rubbing his eyes_].
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Think how happy we can be.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HANS [_rubbing his eyes_].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Think how happy we can be.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading MOTHER.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading HANS [_rubbing his eyes_].
express in words
From this reading Oh, Hans, don't say that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, Hans, don't say that.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Think how happy we can be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Think how happy we can be.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, dear, I wish to-morrow wouldn't come at all.
Chapter 2 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls by Elsie Hobart Carter holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 2 holds 407 sentences of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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