Chapter 14 of Molly Brown's Orchard Home is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Molly Brown's Orchard Home is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. KINSELLA'S INDIAN SUMMER. The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room. She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful. "Oh, Molly!
Chapter 14 of Molly Brown's Orchard Home is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading “The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.”
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading “KINSELLA'S INDIAN SUMMER.”
attractive and tempting
From this reading “The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.”
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
From this reading “The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.”
showing pensive sadness
From this reading “She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.”
worn and broken down by hard use
From this reading “She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.”
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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 The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
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From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
set up or found
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading KINSELLA'S INDIAN SUMMER.
attractive and tempting
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading KINSELLA'S INDIAN SUMMER.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Molly!
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
not in physical motion
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading KINSELLA'S INDIAN SUMMER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
precisely as stated
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
showing pensive sadness
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next morning Molly arranged a tray with a very inviting breakfast and took it to Elise's room.
worn and broken down by hard use
From this reading She found her still in bed, looking very woebegone and wistful.
Chapter 14 of Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Nell Speed holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 14 holds 103 sentences of Molly Brown's Orchard Home, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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