Chapter 12 of Maida's Little Shop is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Maida's Little Shop is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December. Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room. There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands. “Snow! Oh goody, goody, goody!
Chapter 12 of Maida's Little Shop is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
From this reading “There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading ““Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.”
something considered choice to eat
From this reading “Oh goody, goody, goody!”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading ““Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.”
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading “There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.”
young sheep
From this reading ““Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.”
in an obedient manner
From this reading “Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.”
past form of “patter” — rain gently
From this reading “Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.”
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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, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
something considered choice to eat
From this reading Oh goody, goody, goody!
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
young sheep
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
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From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
in an obedient manner
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh goody, goody, goody!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
past form of “patter” — rain gently
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Maida opened her eyes, jumped obediently out of bed and pattered across the room.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “Snow!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading There, she gave a scream of delight, jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
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 “Look out the window, my lamb,” Granny called one morning early in December.
Chapter 12 of Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore holds 240 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 12 holds 240 sentences of Maida's Little Shop, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 240 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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