Chapter 10 of Down the Snow Stairs is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Down the Snow Stairs is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN THE WOOD. “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run. There was a sense of haste in her little heart. Never before had she felt such a sense of hurry. The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
Chapter 10 of Down the Snow Stairs is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “glide” — move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading “The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “There was a sense of haste in her little heart.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading ““I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading ““I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.”
the work of a sailor
From this reading “The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.”
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading ““I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.”
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading “The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.”
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “IN THE WOOD.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.”
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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 “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never before had she felt such a sense of hurry.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Never before had she felt such a sense of hurry.
past form of “glide” — move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Never before had she felt such a sense of hurry.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE WOOD.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never before had she felt such a sense of hurry.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
above and across; more than
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
the work of a sailor
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading “I MUST hurry,” said Kitty, setting off at a run.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Never before had she felt such a sense of hurry.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Never before had she felt such a sense of hurry.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE WOOD.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The star glided over the tree-tops; it seemed to be sailing along the sky.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a sense of haste in her little heart.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading IN THE WOOD.
Chapter 10 of Down the Snow Stairs by Alice Corkran holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 10 holds 159 sentences of Down the Snow Stairs, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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