Chapter 6 of Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Some teachers could be nice. Miss Fanny had been nice. But to be a Principal! Emmy Lou had known but one type. She looked up from her plate.
Chapter 6 of Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading “Emmy Lou had known but one type.”
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “Miss Fanny had been nice.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “Emmy Lou had known but one type.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Some teachers could be nice.”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “She looked up from her plate.”
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading “But to be a Principal!”
plural of “teacher” — a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading “Some teachers could be nice.”
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
From this reading “Emmy Lou had known but one type.”
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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 But to be a Principal!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some teachers could be nice.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Miss Fanny had been nice.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to be a Principal!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Some teachers could be nice.
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading Emmy Lou had known but one type.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading Miss Fanny had been nice.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She looked up from her plate.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Miss Fanny had been nice.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked up from her plate.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Emmy Lou had known but one type.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked up from her plate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emmy Lou had known but one type.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Fanny had been nice.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Some teachers could be nice.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Emmy Lou had known but one type.
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading She looked up from her plate.
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading But to be a Principal!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked up from her plate.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some teachers could be nice.
plural of “teacher” — a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading Some teachers could be nice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But to be a Principal!
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
From this reading Emmy Lou had known but one type.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She looked up from her plate.
Chapter 6 of Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart by George Madden Martin holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 426 sentences of Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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