Chapter 2 of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee. It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated. It was a marvelous place, that studio. It was a large room. Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
Chapter 2 of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
From this reading “It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “It was a marvelous place, that studio.”
perfected or made shiny and smooth
From this reading “Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.”
plural of “rug” — floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading “Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.”
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading “Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.”
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading “It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.”
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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In this reading “Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.”
a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers
In this reading “It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.”
In this reading “Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.”
In this reading “It was a large room.”
In this reading “Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.”
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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 It was a marvelous place, that studio.
later than; following
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
(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 “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
possessive form of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
set up or found
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
and nothing more
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It was a large room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading It was a marvelous place, that studio.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It was a marvelous place, that studio.
perfected or made shiny and smooth
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was a large room.
plural of “rug” — floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading Its polished floor was strewn with all manner of strange Indian rugs.
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “JUST NOTHING AT ALL” The artist’s name was Marie Mabee.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was in her studio that Florence, on the evening after her strange experience with the crystal ball, found herself seated.
Chapter 2 of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 135 sentences, grouped into 27 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 2 holds 135 sentences of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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