Chapter 7 of Ida's new shoes is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Ida's new shoes is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SICK BOY. IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep. Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life. The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper. Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
Chapter 7 of Ida's new shoes is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “consent” — give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
From this reading “Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.”
a conference (usually with someone important)
From this reading “Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.”
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.”
in the recent past
From this reading “Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.”
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading “The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.”
on a floor above
From this reading “Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.”
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 children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.”
In this reading “The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
a youthful male person
From this reading THE SICK BOY.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
past form of “consent” — give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
a conference (usually with someone important)
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
in the recent past
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
only a very short time before
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading THE SICK BOY.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
a male human offspring
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Scarcely a sound was heard about the house so lately full of life.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SICK BOY.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
characterized by unrest or disorder
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
on a floor above
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN half an hour the boy had come out of the fit, and was lying in an unquiet sleep.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading The children sat in the parlor, not daring to raise their voices above a whisper.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Upstairs there was an eager consultation, and then grandma consented to return with her son for a long visit.
Chapter 7 of Ida's new shoes by Madeline Leslie holds 28 sentences, grouped into 6 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 7 holds 28 sentences of Ida's new shoes, unabridged, divided into 6 reading sections.
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