Chapter 4 of Gypsy's Cousin Joy is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Gypsy's Cousin Joy is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning. She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold. "Well, I never!" said Gypsy. "What's the matter?" "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
Chapter 4 of Gypsy's Cousin Joy is here in full — 271 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “chestnut” — wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
From this reading “CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.”
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading “She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.”
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading “CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.”
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading “"What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"”
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
From this reading “She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
plural of “chestnut” — wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
put on clothes
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, I never!" said Gypsy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What's the matter?"
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Well, I never!" said Gypsy.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well, I never!" said Gypsy.
cut with a saw
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
having a supporting base
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
precisely as stated
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
(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, I never!" said Gypsy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
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From this reading "What's the matter?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading She started up, and saw Joy standing by the bed, in the faint, gray light, all dressed and shivering with the cold.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading CHESTNUTS Something woke Gypsy very early the next morning.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What on earth have you got your dress on in the middle of the night for?"
Chapter 4 of Gypsy's Cousin Joy by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps holds 271 sentences, grouped into 55 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 4 holds 271 sentences of Gypsy's Cousin Joy, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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