Chapter 7 of Corduroy is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Corduroy is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her. “Boston?” asked Aunt Fan, shrewdly. “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.” She considered for a moment and then said, gravely. “But it is--connected with Boston, in a way, Aunt Fan.”
Chapter 7 of Corduroy is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a digestible substance used to give color to food
From this reading ““No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.””
strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
From this reading “IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.”
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading “IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.”
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
From this reading “IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.”
in a heated manner
From this reading ““No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.””
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.”
in a shrewd manner
From this reading ““Boston?” asked Aunt Fan, shrewdly.”
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
From this reading “IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.”
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In this reading “IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.”
temporarily
In this reading “She considered for a moment and then said, gravely.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “Boston?” asked Aunt Fan, shrewdly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
a digestible substance used to give color to food
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
being joined in close association
From this reading “But it is--connected with Boston, in a way, Aunt Fan.”
carefully weighed
From this reading She considered for a moment and then said, gravely.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She considered for a moment and then said, gravely.
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading She considered for a moment and then said, gravely.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
in a heated manner
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But it is--connected with Boston, in a way, Aunt Fan.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But it is--connected with Boston, in a way, Aunt Fan.”
immediately past
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
a particular point in time
From this reading She considered for a moment and then said, gravely.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She considered for a moment and then said, gravely.
in a shrewd manner
From this reading “Boston?” asked Aunt Fan, shrewdly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She considered for a moment and then said, gravely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “But it is--connected with Boston, in a way, Aunt Fan.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading IN the last week of September Ginger went with a flag of truce to her Aunt Fan and asked her to go east with her.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “No,” said Ginger, coloring hotly but steady-eyed, “New York.”
Chapter 7 of Corduroy by Ruth Comfort Mitchell holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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 7 holds 181 sentences of Corduroy, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Corduroy by Ruth Comfort Mitchell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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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