Chapter 13 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT BROOKLANDS. “And you like your future home, my dear one? You think you can be happy here?” “Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful! I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
Chapter 13 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading ““Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful!”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading ““Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful!”
dearly loved
From this reading ““And you like your future home, my dear one?”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!”
intense or sharp
From this reading “I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!”
yet to be or coming
From this reading ““And you like your future home, my dear one?”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “You think you can be happy here?””
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT BROOKLANDS.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You think you can be happy here?”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AT BROOKLANDS.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You think you can be happy here?”
dearly loved
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
intense or sharp
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
yet to be or coming
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading You think you can be happy here?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading You think you can be happy here?”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful!
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Arthur! it is beautiful, beautiful!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading You think you can be happy here?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I think I never knew before quite how exquisite everything was!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And you like your future home, my dear one?
Chapter 13 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 13 holds 148 sentences of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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