Chapter 14 of Stepping Heavenward is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of Stepping Heavenward is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XIV. JAN. 30. WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green? Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
Chapter 14 of Stepping Heavenward is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?”
son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
From this reading “Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?”
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading “JAN.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?”
superlative of “strange” — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!”
a special situation
From this reading “Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!”
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From this reading 30.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
any thing at all
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
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From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading JAN.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
superlative of “strange” — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
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From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
a special situation
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
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From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Dr. Cabot came to see me to-day, and told me the strangest thing!
which person or people
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
in the company of; together with
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading WHO would have thought I would have anything more to do with poor old Susan Green?
the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
From this reading XIV.
Chapter 14 of Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss holds 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
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