Chapter 14 of Maida's Little Shop is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Maida's Little Shop is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell. Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
Chapter 14 of Maida's Little Shop is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused or activated
From this reading “Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.”
get or gather together
From this reading “Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?”
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
From this reading “Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.”
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading “Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!”
on a floor above
From this reading “Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?”
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading “Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!”
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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 Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
aroused or activated
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
get or gather together
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
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From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
on a floor above
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Maida was awakened early Christmas morning by a long, wild peal of the bell.
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading Before she could collect her scattered wits, she heard Rosie’s voice, “Merry Christmas!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, Granny, won’t you please let me run upstairs and wake Maida?
Chapter 14 of Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore holds 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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 14 holds 338 sentences of Maida's Little Shop, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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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