Chapter 3 of Hildegarde's Harvest is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Hildegarde's Harvest is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUNT EMILY. "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina? I don't like to leave you alone. Some one might come and carry you off! How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
Chapter 3 of Hildegarde's Harvest is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “I don't like to leave you alone.”
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “AUNT EMILY.”
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Some one might come and carry you off!”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “"AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?”
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading “"AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"”
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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In this reading “"AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?”
In this reading “How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"”
be restored
In this reading “How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading I don't like to leave you alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading AUNT EMILY.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Some one might come and carry you off!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Some one might come and carry you off!
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't like to leave you alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUNT EMILY.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
set up or found
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
destroyed or killed
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
go away from a place
From this reading I don't like to leave you alone.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I don't like to leave you alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Some one might come and carry you off!
immediately following in time or order
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Some one might come and carry you off!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one might come and carry you off!
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some one might come and carry you off!
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I don't like to leave you alone.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading How should I feel if I came back next week, and found you gone?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "AND you really think I would better stay several days, Mammina?
Chapter 3 of Hildegarde's Harvest by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 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.
Chapter 3 holds 184 sentences of Hildegarde's Harvest, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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