Chapter 3 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding: "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan? Say! have you?" "No-o--ouch!" yawned her chum. "Goodness!
Chapter 3 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a job in an organization
From this reading “CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “"No-o--ouch!" yawned her chum.”
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
From this reading “CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:”
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “"Goodness!”
your grandmother
From this reading “CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:”
luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel
From this reading “CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:”
United States playwright (1896-1955)
From this reading “CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:”
past form of “yawn” — utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
From this reading “"No-o--ouch!" yawned her chum.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
a job in an organization
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
showing who or what does the action
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
put or send forth
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading "No-o--ouch!" yawned her chum.
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading "Goodness!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
your grandmother
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No-o--ouch!" yawned her chum.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No-o--ouch!" yawned her chum.
luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
express in words
From this reading Say! have you?"
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
United States playwright (1896-1955)
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan?
the topmost one of two
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan?
which person or people
From this reading CAST AWAY IN THE SNOW It was Bess who came back from the ladies' room on the Pullman and startled Nan Sherwood by shaking her by the shoulder as she lay in the upper berth, demanding:
past form of “yawn” — utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
From this reading "No-o--ouch!" yawned her chum.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you any idea what time it is, Nan?
Chapter 3 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays by Annie Roe Carr holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 3 holds 163 sentences of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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