Chapter 5 of Maida's little house is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Maida's little house is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed. She stirred. Was it a bird calling her? No. It was the phonograph. She peeped out the window.
Chapter 5 of Maida's little house is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Was it a bird calling her?”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “Was it a bird calling her?”
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading “MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.”
past form of “peep” — look furtively
From this reading “She peeped out the window.”
machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
From this reading “No. It was the phonograph.”
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading “MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “She stirred.”
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading “MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.”
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In this reading “She peeped out the window.”
In this reading “MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.”
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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 Was it a bird calling her?
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Was it a bird calling her?
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading Was it a bird calling her?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Was it a bird calling her?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Was it a bird calling her?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
not any; not one
From this reading No. It was the phonograph.
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She peeped out the window.
past form of “peep” — look furtively
From this reading She peeped out the window.
machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
From this reading No. It was the phonograph.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stirred.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading She stirred.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was it a bird calling her?
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She peeped out the window.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading MORNING The sun poured through the windows onto Maida’s bed.
Chapter 5 of Maida's little house by Inez Haynes Gillmore holds 237 sentences, grouped into 48 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 237 sentences of Maida's little house, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Maida's little house by Inez Haynes Gillmore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 237 sentences, grouped into 48 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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