Chapter 7 of Opportunities is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Opportunities is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in. "Who's that?" said the housekeeper. "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be. Stop! is that Tilly Englefield? Why, I declare it is!
Chapter 7 of Opportunities is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “Why, I declare it is!”
a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
From this reading “"Who's that?" said the housekeeper.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
cleaning with a mop
From this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
coated with paint
From this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
From this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading “"Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.”
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.
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In this reading “Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.”
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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 "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
(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 "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading Why, I declare it is!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, I declare it is!
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
cleaning with a mop
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
not any; not one
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
coated with paint
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
with low volume
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
up to a particular time
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stop! is that Tilly Englefield?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading "Floor's all wet; and I don't want no company till there's a place for 'em to be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who's that?" said the housekeeper.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, I declare it is!
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Miss Redwood was mopping up the yellow painted floor of her kitchen, as Matilda softly pushed open the door and looked in.
Chapter 7 of Opportunities by Susan Warner holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 7 holds 406 sentences of Opportunities, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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