Chapter 8 of Cinderella in the South is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Cinderella in the South is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'What do you owe?' Home asked him abruptly. 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring. 'It's more than that, isn't it?' Home said gently.
Chapter 8 of Cinderella in the South is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quickly and without warning
From this reading “Home asked him abruptly.”
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Home asked him abruptly.”
a digestible substance used to give color to food
From this reading “'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Home said gently.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Home asked him abruptly.”
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading “'What do you owe?'”
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading “'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.”
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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 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
quickly and without warning
From this reading Home asked him abruptly.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Home asked him abruptly.
a digestible substance used to give color to food
From this reading 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'What do you owe?'
in a gradual manner
From this reading Home said gently.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Home asked him abruptly.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Home asked him abruptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'It's more than that, isn't it?'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'It's more than that, isn't it?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'It's more than that, isn't it?'
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading 'It's more than that, isn't it?'
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading 'What do you owe?'
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Home said gently.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading 'It's more than that, isn't it?'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'It's more than that, isn't it?'
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading 'Oh, a pound or two,' he answered, coloring.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'What do you owe?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'What do you owe?'
Chapter 8 of Cinderella in the South by Arthur Shearly Cripps holds 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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 8 holds 474 sentences of Cinderella in the South, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Cinderella in the South by Arthur Shearly Cripps exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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.
Work through the 95 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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