Chapter 6 of Hoodie is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Hoodie is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"THE CHINTZ CURTAINS." "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair." "The chintz curtains." Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute. "Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.
Chapter 6 of Hoodie is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “"O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.”
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “"THE CHINTZ CURTAINS."”
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “"O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “"O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."”
a reformed prostitute
From this reading “Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “"Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.”
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 “"THE CHINTZ CURTAINS."”
In this reading “Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.”
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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 Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
From this reading "THE CHINTZ CURTAINS."
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading "THE CHINTZ CURTAINS."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
plural of “fairy” — a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
a reformed prostitute
From this reading Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Cousin Magdalen stopped for a minute.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THE CHINTZ CURTAINS."
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading "Are you getting tired, dears, any of you?" she said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "O lovely land of fairies, You are so bright and fair."
Chapter 6 of Hoodie by Mrs. Molesworth holds 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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 6 holds 259 sentences of Hoodie, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Hoodie by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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.
Work through the 52 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 52 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Hoodie by Mrs. Molesworth on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3370 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26125 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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About 280 minutes of reading across 674 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Hoodie section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 12 chapters of Hoodie to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Hoodie, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
