Chapter 6 of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Never is a long word, Eva." "Oh, mamma!" The girl rose. "I shall write to him myself, then." "How you speak!
Chapter 6 of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a young female
From this reading “The girl rose.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “"Oh, mamma!"”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “"I shall write to him myself, then."”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “The girl rose.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"I shall write to him myself, then."”
express in speech
From this reading “"How you speak!”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “"Never is a long word, Eva."”
produce a literary work
From this reading “"I shall write to him myself, then."”
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.
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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 "Never is a long word, Eva."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Never is a long word, Eva."
a young female
From this reading The girl rose.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I shall write to him myself, then."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How you speak!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I shall write to him myself, then."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Never is a long word, Eva."
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "Never is a long word, Eva."
informal terms for a mother
From this reading "Oh, mamma!"
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "I shall write to him myself, then."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never is a long word, Eva."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, mamma!"
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The girl rose.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I shall write to him myself, then."
express in speech
From this reading "How you speak!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl rose.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "I shall write to him myself, then."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I shall write to him myself, then."
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "Never is a long word, Eva."
produce a literary work
From this reading "I shall write to him myself, then."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How you speak!
Chapter 6 of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 6 holds 417 sentences of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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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