Chapter 20 of Chronicles of Avonlea is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Chronicles of Avonlea is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly. Salome shook her head. “I can’t, dear. Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it. Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
Chapter 20 of Chronicles of Avonlea is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.”
dearly loved
From this reading ““I can’t, dear.”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Perhaps she will let you go after a while.”
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps she will let you go after a while.”
with little or no delay
From this reading ““Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.”
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
From this reading “Salome shook her head.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Salome shook her head.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
later than; following
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can’t, dear.
dearly loved
From this reading “I can’t, dear.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Salome shook her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Salome shook her head.
(Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC)
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t, dear.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
with little or no delay
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
From this reading Salome shook her head.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Salome shook her head.
carry out
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
during the time that
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Perhaps she will let you go after a while.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Take me with you,” said Lionel Hezekiah promptly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your Aunt Judith wouldn’t like it.
Chapter 20 of Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 20 holds 203 sentences of Chronicles of Avonlea, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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