Chapter 14 of The Enchanted Barn is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Enchanted Barn is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all. They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground. Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle. She and Harley spent all day out-of-doors. They were making a garden.
Chapter 14 of The Enchanted Barn is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.”
within a building
From this reading “They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.”
outside a building
From this reading “They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.”
a light shade of red
From this reading “Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.”
an area where many people go for recreation
From this reading “They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.”
a full supply
From this reading “They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.”
reflect brightly
From this reading “Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.”
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 “The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.”
In this reading “They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.”
In this reading “The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.”
In this reading “She and Harley spent all day out-of-doors.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
(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 The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading She and Harley spent all day out-of-doors.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading They were making a garden.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She and Harley spent all day out-of-doors.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
within a building
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
and nothing more
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading They were making a garden.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
where the air is unconfined
From this reading She and Harley spent all day out-of-doors.
outside a building
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
a light shade of red
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
an area where many people go for recreation
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
a full supply
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She and Harley spent all day out-of-doors.
reflect brightly
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading She and Harley spent all day out-of-doors.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Doris's cheeks took on a lovely pink, and her eyes began to sparkle.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading They just could not get used to having plenty of room indoors, with all outdoors for a playground.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading The first few days in the new home were filled with wonder and delight for them all.
Chapter 14 of The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill holds 238 sentences, grouped into 48 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 14 holds 238 sentences of The Enchanted Barn, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 238 sentences, grouped into 48 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 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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