Chapter 28 of Janice Day, the Young Homemaker is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Janice Day, the Young Homemaker is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty. The woman by the roadside did love to talk. But when the girl was well rested she went on. She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile. So she knew she could find her way back.
Chapter 28 of Janice Day, the Young Homemaker is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.”
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading “Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.”
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading “She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.”
not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
From this reading “But when the girl was well rested she went on.”
edge of a way or road or path
From this reading “The woman by the roadside did love to talk.”
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personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading So she knew she could find her way back.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
without doubt or question
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
a small house with a single story
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So she knew she could find her way back.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading So she knew she could find her way back.
a young female
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
a farewell remark
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
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From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading So she knew she could find her way back.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
edge of a way or road or path
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she knew she could find her way back.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
precisely as stated
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading She remembered very clearly the way she and daddy had come to the little Johnson cottage in the automobile.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
at the time that
From this reading But when the girl was well rested she went on.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Janice bade her new acquaintance good-bye with some difficulty.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The woman by the roadside did love to talk.
Chapter 28 of Janice Day, the Young Homemaker by Helen Beecher Long holds 236 sentences, grouped into 48 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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