Chapter 10 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe is here in full — 39 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe is here in full — 39 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SWITZERLAND. "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy. "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again. There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock. I'll go and read the names upon it.
Chapter 10 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe is here in full — 39 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading “There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “"I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “"I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “"I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.”
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “"I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.”
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading “I'll go and read the names upon it.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.”
a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
From this reading “SWITZERLAND.”
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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's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
anew
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'll go and read the names upon it.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
at any time
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
a young female
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I'll go and read the names upon it.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll go and read the names upon it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I'll go and read the names upon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading I'll go and read the names upon it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I'll go and read the names upon it.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
From this reading SWITZERLAND.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I liked the mountain girl best of all," thought Lucy.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading There's a great stick in the corner that Uncle Joe calls his alpenstock.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I'll go and read the names upon it.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading "I wonder whether I shall ever get among the mountains again.
Chapter 10 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 39 sentences, grouped into 8 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.
Chapter 10 holds 39 sentences of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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