Chapter 1 of Gloria and Treeless Street is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Gloria and Treeless Street is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, guess one, then?" "A--jimmy!" "Gracious!" laughed the Small Person. "Do I look as bad as that? No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
Chapter 1 of Gloria and Treeless Street is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 12/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 56–60
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “"Do I look as bad as that?”
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “"Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.”
death of a person
From this reading “No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"Well, guess one, then?"”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “"A--jimmy!"”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “"Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.”
a human being
From this reading “"Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A--jimmy!"
anew
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Do I look as bad as that?
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "Do I look as bad as that?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do I look as bad as that?
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading "Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.
death of a person
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "Well, guess one, then?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Do I look as bad as that?
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading "A--jimmy!"
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Do I look as bad as that?
not any; not one
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Well, guess one, then?"
a human being
From this reading "Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do I look as bad as that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Gracious!" laughed the Small Person.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Well, guess one, then?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, guess one, then?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No," growing suddenly quite grave, "you will have to guess again.
Chapter 1 of Gloria and Treeless Street by Annie Hamilton Donnell holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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 1 holds 164 sentences of Gloria and Treeless Street, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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