Chapter 7 of Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I've got to take him home an' bed him down!" Horsey little Evangeline! "Then I'll come back an' show it to you. Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize! We've had the best time!"
Chapter 7 of Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “"I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"”
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “We've had the best time!"”
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading “Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “"I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"”
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading “Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “"Then I'll come back an' show it to you.”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!”
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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 Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Then I'll come back an' show it to you.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading We've had the best time!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Then I'll come back an' show it to you.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horsey little Evangeline!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We've had the best time!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Horsey little Evangeline!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then I'll come back an' show it to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Then I'll come back an' show it to you.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Horsey little Evangeline!
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "Then I'll come back an' show it to you.
carry out
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We've had the best time!"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then I'll come back an' show it to you.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading We've had the best time!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I've got to take him home an' bed him down!"
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Isn't it puffectly elegant that he took a prize!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We've had the best time!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then I'll come back an' show it to you.
Chapter 7 of Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Annie Hamilton Donnell holds 275 sentences, grouped into 55 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 7 holds 275 sentences of Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Annie Hamilton Donnell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 275 sentences, grouped into 55 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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