Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone. But my heart would break. I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows. I never wanted to go out of that room again. I never wanted to see anybody again.
Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading “Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.”
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.”
any person at all
From this reading “I never wanted to see anybody again.”
terminate
From this reading “But my heart would break.”
-ing form of “cower” — crouch or curl up
From this reading “I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.”
plural of “pillow” — a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.”
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “I never wanted to go out of that room again.”
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the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
anew
From this reading I never wanted to go out of that room again.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
any person at all
From this reading I never wanted to see anybody again.
terminate
From this reading But my heart would break.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But my heart would break.
-ing form of “cower” — crouch or curl up
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But my heart would break.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But my heart would break.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never wanted to go out of that room again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I never wanted to go out of that room again.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I never wanted to go out of that room again.
plural of “pillow” — a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I never wanted to go out of that room again.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I never wanted to see anybody again.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I never wanted to go out of that room again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I never wanted to go out of that room again.
(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 Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Well, if he went to South Africa he must go alone.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading I cried the whole afternoon, cowering among my pillows.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But my heart would break.
Chapter 5 of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 5 holds 400 sentences of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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