Chapter 7 of Maida's little house is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Maida's little house is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!” Rosie burst out suddenly. “Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent. “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life. I just simply despise her!”
Chapter 7 of Maida's little house is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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distinctive manner of oral expression
From this reading ““Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “Rosie burst out suddenly.”
look down on with disdain
From this reading “I just simply despise her!””
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
From this reading ““I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.”
marked by extreme anger
From this reading ““Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.”
exceedingly bad
From this reading “TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!””
the forest trees growing in a country or region
From this reading “TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!””
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading “TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!””
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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give sudden release to an expression
In this reading “Rosie burst out suddenly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
distinctive manner of oral expression
From this reading “Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading Rosie burst out suddenly.
look down on with disdain
From this reading I just simply despise her!”
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
marked by extreme anger
From this reading “Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.
a young female
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I just simply despise her!”
exceedingly bad
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
and nothing more
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Rosie burst out suddenly.
recurring again and again
From this reading “Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rosie burst out suddenly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.
the forest trees growing in a country or region
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
and nothing more
From this reading I just simply despise her!”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Rosie burst out suddenly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “I never took such a dislike to a girl in my life.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TWILIGHT “I think that Silva Burle was just horrid!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Just horrid!” she repeated with an enraged accent.
Chapter 7 of Maida's little house by Inez Haynes Gillmore holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 7 holds 201 sentences of Maida's little house, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Maida's little house by Inez Haynes Gillmore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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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