Chapter 3 of Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and Girls is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and Girls is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_WHERE_ IS SYLVIA?" "What called me back? A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone." Mrs. HEMANS, "An Hour of Romance." She did not find out her mistake.
Chapter 3 of Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and Girls is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading “A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."”
inflected form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."”
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading “A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “She did not find out her mistake.”
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “Mrs. HEMANS, "An Hour of Romance."”
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."”
a vivid mental image
From this reading “A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."”
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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 A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Mrs. HEMANS, "An Hour of Romance."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "What called me back?
regret strongly
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "What called me back?
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
dearly loved
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not find out her mistake.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading She did not find out her mistake.
destroyed or killed
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. HEMANS, "An Hour of Romance."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not find out her mistake.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Mrs. HEMANS, "An Hour of Romance."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "_WHERE_ IS SYLVIA?"
inflected form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "What called me back?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading She did not find out her mistake.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. HEMANS, "An Hour of Romance."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She did not find out her mistake.
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading Mrs. HEMANS, "An Hour of Romance."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not find out her mistake.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_WHERE_ IS SYLVIA?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
a vivid mental image
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What called me back?
in or at the place that
From this reading "_WHERE_ IS SYLVIA?"
but in spite of that
From this reading A voice of happy childhood, "Yet might I not bewail the vision gone, My heart so leapt to that dear loving tone."
Chapter 3 of Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and Girls by Mrs. Molesworth holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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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