Chapter 16 of Samantha at Saratoga is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of Samantha at Saratoga is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT A LAWN PARTY. Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party. And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.” Sez Josiah, “What will you do with it?” And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
Chapter 16 of Samantha at Saratoga is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “AT A LAWN PARTY.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.”
an organization to gain political power
From this reading “AT A LAWN PARTY.”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.””
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.””
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.”
arrange or fold as a cover or protection
From this reading “And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.””
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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 AT A LAWN PARTY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT A LAWN PARTY.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Sez Josiah, “What will you do with it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.”
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From this reading And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sez Josiah, “What will you do with it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading AT A LAWN PARTY.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
on one occasion
From this reading And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.”
an organization to gain political power
From this reading AT A LAWN PARTY.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading And I sez at once, “I must go and get some lawn.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
precisely as stated
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Sez Josiah, “What will you do with it?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Sez Josiah, “What will you do with it?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sez Josiah, “What will you do with it?”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Wall, the very next mornin’ Miss Flamm sent word for Josiah and me to come that night to a lawn party.
arrange or fold as a cover or protection
From this reading And I sez, “Oh, I s’pose I shall wrap it round me, I’ll do what the rest do.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sez Josiah, “What will you do with it?”
Chapter 16 of Samantha at Saratoga by Marietta Holley holds 282 sentences, grouped into 57 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 16 holds 282 sentences of Samantha at Saratoga, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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