Chapter 3 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AMOS. And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years! See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming. PAULINE. But you never go there.
Chapter 3 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading “AMOS.”
react verbally
From this reading “See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!”
a young female
From this reading “See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.”
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading “PAULINE.”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!”
a late time of life
From this reading “And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!”
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In this reading “And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!”
a youthful female person
In this reading “See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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later than; following
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading AMOS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
react verbally
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
being ten more than thirty
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
a young female
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But you never go there.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading But you never go there.
above and across; more than
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading PAULINE.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
express in words
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
in or at that place or location
From this reading But you never go there.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
a late time of life
From this reading And she’ll read it--for the first time--after forty years!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading See here, little girl, I’ll be over to-night for the answer, but don’t you tell her I’m coming.
Chapter 3 of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 3 holds 418 sentences of The Changed Valentines, and Other Plays for St. Valentine's Day, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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