Chapter 17 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
1. Professor Wormwood and his animals. 2. Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats. 3.
Chapter 17 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Professor Wormwood and his animals.”
plural of “feat” — a notable achievement
From this reading “Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats.”
the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
From this reading “Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats.”
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading “Professor Wormwood and his animals.”
any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
From this reading “Professor Wormwood and his animals.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Professor Wormwood and his animals.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Professor Wormwood and his animals.
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From this reading Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats.
plural of “feat” — a notable achievement
From this reading Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats.
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From this reading Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Professor Wormwood and his animals.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats.
the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
From this reading Frencelli and Cocodilla in juggling feats.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading Professor Wormwood and his animals.
any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
From this reading Professor Wormwood and his animals.
Chapter 17 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls by Elsie Hobart Carter holds 406 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 17 holds 406 sentences of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls by Elsie Hobart Carter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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