Chapter IX of Gypsy Flight: A Mystery Story for Girls, “Little Sweden,” is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX of Gypsy Flight: A Mystery Story for Girls, “Little Sweden,” is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago. It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place. There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding. It is a place of marvelous abundance. You do not order food.
Chapter IX of Gypsy Flight: A Mystery Story for Girls, “Little Sweden,” is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “apron” — a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
From this reading “There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.”
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading “There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.”
plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.”
plural of “maiden” — an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading “There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “It is a place of marvelous abundance.”
past form of “starch” — stiffen with starch
From this reading “There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.”
a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
From this reading “Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.”
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading “It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.”
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.
In this reading “There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.”
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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 It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.
the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
From this reading It is a place of marvelous abundance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.
plural of “apron” — a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
take in solid food
From this reading It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading You do not order food.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
plural of “maiden” — an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading It is a place of marvelous abundance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is a place of marvelous abundance.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading You do not order food.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
express in words
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
past form of “starch” — stiffen with starch
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Little Sweden, strange to say, is not in Europe, but on the near-north side in Chicago.
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading It is a place to eat, a unique and interesting place.
a Caucasian
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You do not order food.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There buxom maidens in white aprons and quaint starched caps do your bidding.
Chapter 9 of Gypsy Flight: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 9 holds 120 sentences of Gypsy Flight: A Mystery Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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