Chapter 16 of Six Girls: A Home Story is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Six Girls: A Home Story is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE. "Why, Kat, what is the matter?" "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be. Where did you come from?" "Down town.
Chapter 16 of Six Girls: A Home Story is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “"Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.”
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “"Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.”
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading “"Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.”
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
From this reading “"Why, Kat, what is the matter?"”
quiet, dark, or concealed
From this reading “UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “"Down town.”
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE.”
hard to endure
From this reading “"Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.”
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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 "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Where did you come from?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Where did you come from?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Down town.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Where did you come from?"
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why, Kat, what is the matter?"
and nothing more
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
From this reading "Why, Kat, what is the matter?"
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "Why, Kat, what is the matter?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
quiet, dark, or concealed
From this reading UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE.
a special situation
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "Down town.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE.
hard to endure
From this reading "Nothing; not a blessed thing; I'm just trying to see how big a goose I can be.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading UNDER THE SHADY GREEN-WOOD TREE.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Why, Kat, what is the matter?"
in or at the place that
From this reading Where did you come from?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Kat, what is the matter?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where did you come from?"
Chapter 16 of Six Girls: A Home Story by Fannie Belle Irving holds 273 sentences, grouped into 55 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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