Chapter 3 of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
2. "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?" 3. "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!" 4.
Chapter 3 of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “"Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"”
engage in
From this reading “"Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “"Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “"Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"”
plural of “scale” — an ordered reference standard
From this reading “"Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"”
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading “"Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"”
the act of using
From this reading “"Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"”
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From this reading 2.
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From this reading 3.
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From this reading 4.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
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From this reading "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
engage in
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
participate in games or sport
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
plural of “scale” — an ordered reference standard
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
the act of using
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
at the time that
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Oh yes! but how can you do that'!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Shall I make a pair of scales, Lucy, for you to use when you play store?"
Chapter 3 of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 3 holds 441 sentences of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
Work through the 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 144 minutes of reading across 347 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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