Chapter 21 of Natalie Page is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Natalie Page is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas. Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family. Even Uncle Archie talked!
Chapter 21 of Natalie Page is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.”
every person
From this reading “Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “Even Uncle Archie talked!”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “Even Uncle Archie talked!”
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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 It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Uncle Archie talked!
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.
divisible by two
From this reading Even Uncle Archie talked!
every person
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
a social unit living together
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Even Uncle Archie talked!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everyone was so happy that it seemed like a new family.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Even Uncle Archie talked!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a lovely Christmas Eve, and a lovely Christmas.
Chapter 21 of Natalie Page by Katharine Haviland-Taylor holds 207 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.
Chapter 21 holds 207 sentences of Natalie Page, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Natalie Page by Katharine Haviland-Taylor exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 435 minutes of reading across 1047 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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