Chapter 5 of Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense? You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs. Are you sick? Why can't you go?" Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
Chapter 5 of Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
From this reading “You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.”
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?”
on a floor below
From this reading “You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.”
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
From this reading “ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?”
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.”
a room in a school where lessons take place
From this reading “ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “Are you sick?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you sick?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
From this reading You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
on a floor below
From this reading You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
inflected form of “sink” — fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
a room in a school where lessons take place
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Are you sick?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Charlie half rose from his seat, then sank back.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You can't go to the blackboard, and you can't go downstairs.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why can't you go?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ANOTHER SCHOOLROOM "Charles Black!" ejaculated Miss Mason, "what do you mean by this nonsense?
Chapter 5 of Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School by Mabel C. Hawley holds 128 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.
Chapter 5 holds 128 sentences of Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School by Mabel C. Hawley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 128 sentences, grouped into 26 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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