Chapter 37 of Melbourne House is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of Melbourne House is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOMETHING WRONG. The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza. The doctor came out, ready for his day's work. "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?" "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
Chapter 37 of Melbourne House is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.”
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.”
possessive form of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.”
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading “"Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"”
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading “The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “SOMETHING WRONG.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
any thing at all
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
possessive form of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING WRONG.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Cannot I go home to-day, Dr. Sandford?"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The doctor's horse was before the door, and Daisy was on the piazza.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading The doctor came out, ready for his day's work.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading SOMETHING WRONG.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you want me to do anything for you at Melbourne, Daisy?"
Chapter 37 of Melbourne House by Susan Warner holds 252 sentences, grouped into 51 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 37 holds 252 sentences of Melbourne House, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 37 of Melbourne House by Susan Warner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 252 sentences, grouped into 51 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 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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