Chapter 8 of Slighted love is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Slighted love is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MOTHER’S HATE. At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully: “Heigho! It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.” “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
Chapter 8 of Slighted love is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading ““We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading ““We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:”
in a gay manner
From this reading ““We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “A MOTHER’S HATE.”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
From this reading ““We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:”
with regret (used in polite formulas)
From this reading “At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.””
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In this reading “At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:”
In this reading “It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.””
return home
In this reading “It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.””
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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 A MOTHER’S HATE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
(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 is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
a youthful male person
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
eat an early morning meal
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
in a gay manner
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading A MOTHER’S HATE.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Heigho!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
immediately past
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading A MOTHER’S HATE.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
immediately following in time or order
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
with regret (used in polite formulas)
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At breakfast the next morning Alexie said regretfully:
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “We must get all the fun we can out of these last few days,” cried Percy Seabright, as gaily as a boy, and then Ralph Allen said:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
at the time that
From this reading It is but a few days to the first of September, when we shall all have to go home.”
Chapter 8 of Slighted love by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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 8 holds 156 sentences of Slighted love, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Slighted love by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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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