Chapter 4 of The Belle of Bowling Green is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Belle of Bowling Green is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Such foolish words! Ah, no! Such words of delightful wisdom! And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life. They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
Chapter 4 of The Belle of Bowling Green is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “Such words of delightful wisdom!”
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading “Such foolish words!”
plural of “hide” — the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
From this reading “And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.”
the literary culture
From this reading “And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.”
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading “They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.”
make sweeter in taste
From this reading “They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.”
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading “Such words of delightful wisdom!”
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.”
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From this reading Ah, no!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading Such words of delightful wisdom!
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
divisible by two
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading Such foolish words!
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
plural of “hide” — the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
the literary culture
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
not any; not one
From this reading Ah, no!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such words of delightful wisdom!
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such foolish words!
make sweeter in taste
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
precisely as stated
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
which person or people
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading They will sweeten every page of it--even to the very end.
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading Such words of delightful wisdom!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Such foolish words!
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading And happy indeed is the woman who in her youth hides such letters away in her Book of Life.
Chapter 4 of The Belle of Bowling Green by Amelia E. Barr holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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