Chapter 13 of Patty Blossom is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Patty Blossom is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield! You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to! I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!" "Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child! Am I as bad as all that?
Chapter 13 of Patty Blossom is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!”
past form of “bus” — send or move around by bus
From this reading “"Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!”
not to your liking
From this reading “I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!"”
small flat mass of chopped food
From this reading “ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!”
a particular instance of selling
From this reading “You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “"Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!”
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!”
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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 You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
(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 Am I as bad as all that?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Am I as bad as all that?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
any person at all
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Am I as bad as all that?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
past form of “bus” — send or move around by bus
From this reading "Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
dearly loved
From this reading "Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!
not to your liking
From this reading I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
and nothing more
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!"
small flat mass of chopped food
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
a particular instance of selling
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
cut with a saw
From this reading I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!"
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I never saw such a disagreeable old thing as you are!"
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Am I as bad as all that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
a special situation
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Elise, you dear little, sweet, 'bused child!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You won't come to my tree and you won't have the House Sale, and you won't do a thing anybody wants you to!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELISE AND PATTY "I think you're just as mean as you can be, Patty Fairfield!
Chapter 13 of Patty Blossom by Carolyn Wells holds 251 sentences, grouped into 51 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 251 sentences of Patty Blossom, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
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