Chapter 10 of Little Jeanne of France is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Little Jeanne of France is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table. She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard. Poor Auntie Sue was unhappy. There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still. This voice talked and talked and talked.
Chapter 10 of Little Jeanne of France is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a state of sleep
From this reading “THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.”
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading “There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.”
a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
From this reading “THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.”
protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
From this reading “She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.”
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
From this reading “Poor Auntie Sue was unhappy.”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “This voice talked and talked and talked.”
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading “Poor Auntie Sue was unhappy.”
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 “THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.”
to come or go into
In this reading “THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.”
In this reading “THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.”
In this reading “THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.”
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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 There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
later than; following
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
in a state of sleep
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
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From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor Auntie Sue was unhappy.
a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
From this reading She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
not in physical motion
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
From this reading Poor Auntie Sue was unhappy.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading This voice talked and talked and talked.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This voice talked and talked and talked.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading Poor Auntie Sue was unhappy.
precisely as stated
From this reading She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Poor Auntie Sue was unhappy.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THE LIVE PUPPET After Auntie left Jeanne and the Pierrot asleep in bed that night, she went into her own room and sat down by her little table.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She shaded her eyes with her hands and thought very hard.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There was a little voice inside of her that never would be still.
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