Chapter 6 of Hazel is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Hazel is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LETTERS December 26. Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses. I wore my white dress. I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book. You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
Chapter 6 of Hazel is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading “Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.”
a special loved one
From this reading “Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “LETTERS December 26.”
plural of “dress” — a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
From this reading “Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.”
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading “Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.”
possessive form of “minister” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
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In this reading “I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.”
put in motion or move to act
In this reading “Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.”
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From this reading LETTERS December 26.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
a special loved one
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading LETTERS December 26.
put on clothes
From this reading I wore my white dress.
plural of “dress” — a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wore my white dress.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
immediately past
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
the literary culture
From this reading LETTERS December 26.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
possessive form of “minister” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I wore my white dress.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I read last night to Granny from the minister’s book.
up to a particular time
From this reading You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
be dressed in
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
a Caucasian
From this reading I wore my white dress.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading I wore my white dress.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading You know he wrote, not to be opened until Christmas.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Darling Mother:-- Christmas day is like the Fourth of July, they set off fire crackers, and it is so warm that you wear summer dresses.
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