Chapter 10 of Happy-Thought Hall is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Happy-Thought Hall is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS. FRIMMELY's SUGGESTION--A DAY-DANCE. Query--What shall we do? We lounge over the room undecidedly. Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.
Chapter 10 of Happy-Thought Hall is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
From this reading “OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.”
something that is lost
From this reading “OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.”
sit or recline comfortably
From this reading “We lounge over the room undecidedly.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.”
an instance of questioning
From this reading “Query--What shall we do?”
falling in drops or as if falling like rain
From this reading “Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.”
an idea that is suggested
From this reading “FRIMMELY's SUGGESTION--A DAY-DANCE.”
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading “Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.”
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.
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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 FRIMMELY's SUGGESTION--A DAY-DANCE.
one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FRIMMELY's SUGGESTION--A DAY-DANCE.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Query--What shall we do?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FRIMMELY's SUGGESTION--A DAY-DANCE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.
something that is lost
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
sit or recline comfortably
From this reading We lounge over the room undecidedly.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
above and across; more than
From this reading We lounge over the room undecidedly.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading OUT OF AN ALBUM--ON LOSS OF PATIENCE--MRS.
an instance of questioning
From this reading Query--What shall we do?
falling in drops or as if falling like rain
From this reading Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading We lounge over the room undecidedly.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Query--What shall we do?
not in physical motion
From this reading Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.
an idea that is suggested
From this reading FRIMMELY's SUGGESTION--A DAY-DANCE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We lounge over the room undecidedly.
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading Mrs. Boodels thinks it's still raining.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We lounge over the room undecidedly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Query--What shall we do?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Query--What shall we do?
Chapter 10 of Happy-Thought Hall by F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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 10 holds 110 sentences of Happy-Thought Hall, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Happy-Thought Hall by F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 110 sentences, grouped into 22 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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