Chapter 4 of Games for All Occasions is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Games for All Occasions is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart. 1. Cupid's symbol--. 1. Hearts 2.
Chapter 4 of Games for All Occasions is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a game played with playing cards
From this reading “A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.”
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
From this reading “A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.”
an estimate based on little or no information
From this reading “A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.”
not able to be found
From this reading “A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.”
plural of “pencil” — a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
From this reading “A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.”
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading “A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.”
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading “A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.”
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
From this reading “Cupid's symbol--.”
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From this reading 1.
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From this reading Hearts 2.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
a game played with playing cards
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cupid's symbol--.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
an estimate based on little or no information
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading Hearts 2.
the literary culture
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
not able to be found
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
plural of “pencil” — a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
From this reading Cupid's symbol--.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
which person or people
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
belonging to which person
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading A HEART GUESSING CONTEST The following sentences are written on heart shaped cards and passed with pencils to the guests who are told to supply the missing word with a word whose first five letters spell heart.
Chapter 4 of Games for All Occasions by Mary E. Blain holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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