Chapter 4 of Minnie's Sacrifice is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Minnie's Sacrifice is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it. Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away." "Oh! Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?" Le Grange winced under these words.
Chapter 4 of Minnie's Sacrifice is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
From this reading “Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."”
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading “Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"”
an outlying farm
From this reading “Le Grange winced under these words.”
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
From this reading “Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.”
except if; if not
From this reading “Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."”
past form of “wince” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading “Le Grange winced under these words.”
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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 Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
an outlying farm
From this reading Le Grange winced under these words.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Le Grange winced under these words.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
not any; not one
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "I am really sorry, Ellen, but I can't help it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
carry out
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
in or at that place or location
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Le Grange winced under these words.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Le Grange winced under these words.
except if; if not
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
at the time that
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
past form of “wince” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading Le Grange winced under these words.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Georgiette has taken a dislike to the child, and there is no living in peace with her unless I sell the child or take it away."
the words that are spoken
From this reading Le Grange winced under these words.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mr. St. Pierre, you would not sell that child when it is your own flesh and blood?"
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