Chapter 6 of Divided Skates is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Divided Skates is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MYSTERIES. "Come, Master Lionel! It's time to be stirring. Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed. Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
Chapter 6 of Divided Skates is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.”
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading “Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.”
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading “Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.”
take somebody somewhere
From this reading “Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.”
plural of “mystery” — something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “MYSTERIES.”
agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading “It's time to be stirring.”
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading “Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It's time to be stirring.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come, Master Lionel!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's time to be stirring.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
go away from a place
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, Master Lionel!
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading "Come, Master Lionel!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
plural of “mystery” — something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading MYSTERIES.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
agitating a liquid with an implement
From this reading It's time to be stirring.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It's time to be stirring.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's time to be stirring.
at the time that
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading Miss Lucy says you are not to delay, and to open your window when you leave your room, and to be in your place in the breakfast-room when she comes down to lead morning worship.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your bath's ready and breakfast will be before you are dressed.
Chapter 6 of Divided Skates by Evelyn Raymond holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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 6 holds 224 sentences of Divided Skates, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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