Chapter 7 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROBIN. There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt. JESSIE. And a great pie of gooseberries. JOAN.
Chapter 7 of Six Plays is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.”
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading “There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.”
plural of “gooseberry” — spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
From this reading “And a great pie of gooseberries.”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.”
dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
From this reading “And a great pie of gooseberries.”
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading “ROBIN.”
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
From this reading “There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.”
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading “There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And a great pie of gooseberries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
plural of “gooseberry” — spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
From this reading And a great pie of gooseberries.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading And a great pie of gooseberries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JESSIE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOAN.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And a great pie of gooseberries.
dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
From this reading And a great pie of gooseberries.
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading ROBIN.
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There be chicken and sparrow grass for supper, Aunt.
Chapter 7 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 7 holds 400 sentences of Six Plays, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Six Plays by Florence Henrietta Fisher, Lady Darwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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