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Chapter 1 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise. LOUISE (_showing last one_). I like this better. Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
Chapter 1 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “I like this better.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.”
immediately past
From this reading “LOUISE (_showing last one_).”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “MRS.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.”
the display of a motion picture
a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
From this reading “W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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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 W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.
(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 Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I like this better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I like this better.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.
immediately past
From this reading LOUISE (_showing last one_).
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I like this better.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading LOUISE (_showing last one_).
and nothing more
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
the display of a motion picture
From this reading LOUISE (_showing last one_).
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Freddie made it all himself, and it’s the only one he sent.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I like this better.
a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
From this reading W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.
precisely as stated
From this reading W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading W. It’s a very pretty valentine, Louise.
Chapter 1 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 1 holds 430 sentences of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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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