Chapter 4 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOTHER [_smiling_]. And Toinette is Mother's right hand. We all love Toinette! Don't we? TOINETTE [_softly_].
Chapter 4 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “And Toinette is Mother's right hand.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “We all love Toinette!”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “MOTHER [_smiling_].”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “And Toinette is Mother's right hand.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “And Toinette is Mother's right hand.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
with low volume
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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 We all love Toinette!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Toinette is Mother's right hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't we?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading And Toinette is Mother's right hand.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And Toinette is Mother's right hand.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading We all love Toinette!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading MOTHER [_smiling_].
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading And Toinette is Mother's right hand.
precisely, exactly
From this reading And Toinette is Mother's right hand.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading MOTHER [_smiling_].
with low volume
From this reading TOINETTE [_softly_].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And Toinette is Mother's right hand.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We all love Toinette!
Chapter 4 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls by Elsie Hobart Carter holds 408 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 4 holds 408 sentences of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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