Chapter 4 of Real Folks is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Real Folks is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"O, dear, you don't understand in the least! It's wicked to let you go on so! You poor, dear, simple little old soul!" "Never mind," said Mrs. Megilp. "It's all well enough for the present.
Chapter 4 of Real Folks is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dearly loved
From this reading “"O, dear, you don't understand in the least!”
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “"O, dear, you don't understand in the least!”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “"It's all well enough for the present.”
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading “You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “"O, dear, you don't understand in the least!”
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading “It's wicked to let you go on so!”
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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 "It's all well enough for the present.
dearly loved
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "It's all well enough for the present.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "It's all well enough for the present.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It's wicked to let you go on so!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's wicked to let you go on so!
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading It's wicked to let you go on so!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"
a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine
From this reading "Never mind," said Mrs. Megilp.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Never mind," said Mrs. Megilp.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Never mind," said Mrs. Megilp.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never mind," said Mrs. Megilp.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It's wicked to let you go on so!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "It's all well enough for the present.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Never mind," said Mrs. Megilp.
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It's wicked to let you go on so!
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading You poor, dear, simple little old soul!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's wicked to let you go on so!
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "It's all well enough for the present.
morally bad in principle or practice
From this reading It's wicked to let you go on so!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "O, dear, you don't understand in the least!
Chapter 4 of Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 4 holds 401 sentences of Real Folks, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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