Chapter 20 of The Cruise of The Violetta is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Cruise of The Violetta is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries. They made her ill. They made her thin. Her stomach was all tumbled in. “Oh, grief!
Chapter 20 of The Cruise of The Violetta is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading “THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading ““Oh, grief!”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.”
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading “Her stomach was all tumbled in.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “They made her thin.”
past form of “tumble” — fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading “Her stomach was all tumbled in.”
plural of “worry” — something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.”
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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 THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
(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 Her stomach was all tumbled in.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “Oh, grief!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They made her ill.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading They made her ill.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her stomach was all tumbled in.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading They made her ill.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, grief!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading Her stomach was all tumbled in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They made her ill.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading They made her thin.
past form of “tumble” — fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading Her stomach was all tumbled in.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
plural of “worry” — something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading THE BALLAD THERE was a cat and named Dolores, And she had many worries.
Chapter 20 of The Cruise of The Violetta by Arthur Colton holds 52 sentences, grouped into 11 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 20 holds 52 sentences of The Cruise of The Violetta, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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