Chapter 8 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself. His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly. "I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer. "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye? A hull trainful o' folks.
Chapter 8 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fully understood or grasped
From this reading “His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.”
the protruding part of the lower jaw
From this reading “AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “"I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.”
dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
From this reading “A hull trainful o' folks.”
a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
From this reading “"I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.”
past form of “snow” — fall as snow
From this reading “"Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?”
make a vow; promise
From this reading “"I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.”
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading “AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.”
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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 AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
fully understood or grasped
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
the protruding part of the lower jaw
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
opinion or judgment
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading "I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.
your parents
From this reading A hull trainful o' folks.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
From this reading A hull trainful o' folks.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
From this reading "I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.
a form of address for a man
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading A hull trainful o' folks.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
with speed
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
recurring again and again
From this reading "I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
past form of “snow” — fall as snow
From this reading "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His little, sharp eyes apprehended the situation quickly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A hull trainful o' folks.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?
precisely as stated
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
make a vow; promise
From this reading "I vow to Maria!" repeated the farmer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
in the company of; together with
From this reading AN ANGEL WITH CHIN WHISKERS Mr. Si Snubbins was a character, and he plainly was very much pleased with himself.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Ye air all snowed up here, ain't ye?
Chapter 8 of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays by Annie Roe Carr holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 8 holds 129 sentences of Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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