Chapter 13 of Queen Hildegarde is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Queen Hildegarde is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TREE-PARTY. Another golden day! But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde. "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen. "The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.
Chapter 13 of Queen Hildegarde is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “dance” — move in a graceful and rhythmical way
From this reading “"Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.”
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading “"Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.”
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading “Another golden day!”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “"Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “"Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “"Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.”
inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading “"The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “"Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
(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 But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another golden day!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
past form of “dance” — move in a graceful and rhythmical way
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Another golden day!
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading Another golden day!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.
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From this reading But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
not any; not one
From this reading "The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
inflected form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading "The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading "The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TREE-PARTY.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE TREE-PARTY.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.
the day immediately before today
From this reading "Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.
Chapter 13 of Queen Hildegarde by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 260 sentences, grouped into 52 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.
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