Chapter 12 of Current superstitions is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of Current superstitions is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VISITORS. 736. Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry. _Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania._ 737. If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
Chapter 12 of Current superstitions is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “butter” — spread butter on
From this reading “If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.”
a state in New England
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “_Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania._ 737.”
a share of something
From this reading “If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.”
someone who visits
From this reading “If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “VISITORS.”
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From this reading 736.
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From this reading _Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania._ 737.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
past form of “butter” — spread butter on
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
let fall to the ground
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
a state in New England
From this reading _Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania._ 737.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania._ 737.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading _Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania._ 737.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
a share of something
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading Having a piece of bread and taking another is a sign some one is coming hungry.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
someone who visits
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading VISITORS.
in the company of; together with
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
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 _Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania._ 737.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you drop a slice of bread with the buttered side up, it is a sign of a visitor.
Chapter 12 of Current superstitions by Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson) [Editor] Bergen holds 127 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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