Chapter 12 of Old Caravan Days is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Old Caravan Days is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude. “I don't believe it!” she said. Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile. “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne. “Did he grunt?”
Chapter 12 of Old Caravan Days is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “argue” — present reasons and arguments
From this reading ““People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.”
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading “Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.”
shining unsteadily
From this reading “Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.”
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading ““Did he grunt?””
doubt about the truth of something
From this reading “Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.”
plural of “pig” — domestic swine
From this reading ““People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.”
incapable of or resistant to bending
From this reading “Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.”
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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 Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
past form of “argue” — present reasons and arguments
From this reading “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I don't believe it!” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did he grunt?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don't believe it!” she said.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
shining unsteadily
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading “Did he grunt?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Did he grunt?”
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don't believe it!” she said.
doubt about the truth of something
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I don't believe it!” she said.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.
above and across; more than
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.
plural of “pig” — domestic swine
From this reading “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.
incapable of or resistant to bending
From this reading Aunt Corinne drew back into a rigid attitude.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I don't believe it!” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I don't believe it!” she said.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “People don't have pigs' heads on them!” argued aunt Corinne.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Robert Day passed over her incredulity with a flickering smile.
Chapter 12 of Old Caravan Days by Mary Hartwell Catherwood holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 12 holds 63 sentences of Old Caravan Days, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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