Chapter 14 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DARK DAYS. “Why, little Allumette! Where have all your roses gone? I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead! What have you done with them now?”
Chapter 14 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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absence of light or illumination
From this reading “DARK DAYS.”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “DARK DAYS.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “What have you done with them now?””
destroyed or killed
From this reading “Where have all your roses gone?”
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!”
inflected form of “learn” — gain knowledge or skills
From this reading “I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!”
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “Where have all your roses gone?”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!”
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(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 Where have all your roses gone?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, little Allumette!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading DARK DAYS.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading DARK DAYS.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What have you done with them now?”
destroyed or killed
From this reading Where have all your roses gone?
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Where have all your roses gone?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
inflected form of “learn” — gain knowledge or skills
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Why, little Allumette!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading What have you done with them now?”
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Where have all your roses gone?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What have you done with them now?”
in or at the place that
From this reading Where have all your roses gone?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, little Allumette!
in the company of; together with
From this reading What have you done with them now?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I thought you had learnt to grow them in Hampstead!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where have all your roses gone?
Chapter 14 of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 14 holds 128 sentences of Our Winnie, and The Little Match Girl, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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