Chapter 11 of Noel's Christmas tree is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Noel's Christmas tree is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Without a Mother For the first few days things went well. The three children were on their best behaviour. One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there. Ted was out in the garden. He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
Chapter 11 of Noel's Christmas tree is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
From this reading “The three children were on their best behaviour.”
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading “He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.”
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading “He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.”
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading “One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.”
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading “One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “Ted was out in the garden.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.”
In this reading “One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.”
In this reading “He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.”
In this reading “Ted was out in the garden.”
In this reading “The three children were on their best behaviour.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
From this reading The three children were on their best behaviour.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading The three children were on their best behaviour.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The three children were on their best behaviour.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
at any time
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading Ted was out in the garden.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ted was out in the garden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
and nothing more
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The three children were on their best behaviour.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Ted was out in the garden.
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading Ted was out in the garden.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The three children were on their best behaviour.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The three children were on their best behaviour.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One day was spent at the Rectory, and Inez joined them there.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The three children were on their best behaviour.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
a Caucasian
From this reading He was as busy as ever, and had just completed a beautiful little set of furniture which he had enamelled white.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without a Mother For the first few days things went well.
Chapter 11 of Noel's Christmas tree by Amy Le Feuvre 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 11 holds 275 sentences of Noel's Christmas tree, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Noel's Christmas tree by Amy Le Feuvre 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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