Chapter XI of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls, “Fireside Reflections,” is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter XI of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls, “Fireside Reflections,” is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old. Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times. She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate. Do you think she was wrong?” “It is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.
Chapter XI of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls, “Fireside Reflections,” is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)
From this reading “Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.”
a game played with playing cards
From this reading ““Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.”
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 is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.”
foreshadow or presage
From this reading “She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.”
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading ““It is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading ““Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.”
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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 “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
later than; following
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
(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 Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)
From this reading Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
a game played with playing cards
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you think she was wrong?”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
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 is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.
foreshadow or presage
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “It is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
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 Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “It is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “It is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “It is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Do you think she was wrong?”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Madame Bihari told me all about it many, many times.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “It is strange,” Florence replied in a sober tone.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Do you think she was wrong?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Fortune telling with cards,” Jeanne said thoughtfully after a time, “is very old.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Do you think she was wrong?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you think she was wrong?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She truly believed that cards could foretell your fate.
Chapter 11 of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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.
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