Chapter 7 of The Children's Book of Christmas Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Children's Book of Christmas Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hurrah, the mail and express are in!" The girls ran excitedly to their rooms. Betty alone went to hers without interest. "Why, Hilma, what's happened?" The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
Chapter 7 of The Children's Book of Christmas Stories is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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stopped up; clogged up
From this reading “The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:”
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
From this reading “The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:”
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading “The girls ran excitedly to their rooms.”
give expression to
From this reading “"Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"”
a victory cheer
From this reading “"Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “"Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"”
inflected form of “mop” — to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
From this reading “The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:”
of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language
From this reading “The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading Betty alone went to hers without interest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"
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From this reading Betty alone went to hers without interest.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading The girls ran excitedly to their rooms.
give expression to
From this reading "Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The girls ran excitedly to their rooms.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Why, Hilma, what's happened?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Betty alone went to hers without interest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, Hilma, what's happened?"
a victory cheer
From this reading "Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading Betty alone went to hers without interest.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
a female domestic
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading "Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"
inflected form of “mop” — to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The girls ran excitedly to their rooms.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading The girls ran excitedly to their rooms.
having a round face
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hurrah, the mail and express are in!"
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The girls ran excitedly to their rooms.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The girls ran excitedly to their rooms.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Betty alone went to hers without interest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, Hilma, what's happened?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Hilma, what's happened?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading The little round-faced Swedish maid mopped the big tears with her duster, and choked out:
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Betty alone went to hers without interest.
Chapter 7 of The Children's Book of Christmas Stories by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
Chapter 7 holds 428 sentences of The Children's Book of Christmas Stories, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Children's Book of Christmas Stories by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 428 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.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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