Chapter 23 of Miss Gibbie Gault is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Miss Gibbie Gault is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze. "This room isn't warm enough. Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace. I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal. Jackson is losing his mind of late.
Chapter 23 of Miss Gibbie Gault is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace.”
a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading “THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.”
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading “I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.”
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading “Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace.”
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading “Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.”
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Jackson is losing his mind of late.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.”
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the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace.
a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "This room isn't warm enough.
start firing a weapon
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jackson is losing his mind of late.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jackson is losing his mind of late.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "This room isn't warm enough.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading Jackson isn't half attending to the furnace.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Jackson is losing his mind of late.
a room where books are kept
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Jackson is losing his mind of late.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Jackson is losing his mind of late.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "This room isn't warm enough.
having a supporting base
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This room isn't warm enough.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PIECE OF PAPER Standing in front of the library fire, Miss Gibbie held her hands out to it blaze.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading "This room isn't warm enough.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I wish you'd ring for him to put on more coal.
Chapter 23 of Miss Gibbie Gault by Kate Langley Bosher holds 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
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