Chapter 7 of The Cuckoo Clock is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Cuckoo Clock is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BUTTERFLY-LAND. "I'd be a butterfly." Griselda opened her eyes. What did she see? The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
Chapter 7 of The Cuckoo Clock is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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flutter like a butterfly
From this reading “BUTTERFLY-LAND.”
at any time
From this reading “The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading “Griselda opened her eyes.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.”
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “Griselda opened her eyes.”
cut with a saw
From this reading “The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.”
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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 "I'd be a butterfly."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'd be a butterfly."
flutter like a butterfly
From this reading "I'd be a butterfly."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BUTTERFLY-LAND.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did she see?
at any time
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Griselda opened her eyes.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Griselda opened her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Griselda opened her eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'd be a butterfly."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Griselda opened her eyes.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
cut with a saw
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading What did she see?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What did she see?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The loveliest, loveliest garden that ever or never a little girl's eyes saw.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did she see?
Chapter 7 of The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth holds 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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 7 holds 228 sentences of The Cuckoo Clock, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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.
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