Chapter 4 of Emmy Lou's Road to Grace is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Emmy Lou's Road to Grace is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Emmy Lou was perplexed. Who is Hattie? In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear? Breathing briskness and conviction? Why, Hattie is _Hattie_.
Chapter 4 of Emmy Lou's Road to Grace is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading “Breathing briskness and conviction?”
an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
From this reading “Breathing briskness and conviction?”
put on clothes
From this reading “In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?”
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading “Emmy Lou was perplexed.”
full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
From this reading “Emmy Lou was perplexed.”
plural of “plait” — a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
From this reading “In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?”
bound or secured closely
From this reading “In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Breathing briskness and conviction?
at or toward the back of something
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading Breathing briskness and conviction?
liveliness and eagerness
From this reading Breathing briskness and conviction?
an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
From this reading Breathing briskness and conviction?
put on clothes
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
one or the other of two
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
From this reading Emmy Lou was perplexed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who is Hattie?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who is Hattie?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emmy Lou was perplexed.
full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
From this reading Emmy Lou was perplexed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
plural of “plait” — a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
bound or secured closely
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Emmy Lou was perplexed.
which person or people
From this reading Who is Hattie?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, Hattie is _Hattie_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In her pink-sprigged dress with her plaits tied behind her either ear?
Chapter 4 of Emmy Lou's Road to Grace by George Madden Martin holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 4 holds 416 sentences of Emmy Lou's Road to Grace, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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