Chapter 13 of The gabled farm is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The gabled farm is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GOOD-NIGHT KISS. "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping. "Tom, dear, I once used to think as you do." "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him. "Were you ever helpless like me?"
Chapter 13 of The gabled farm is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.”
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “"As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.”
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading “"Were you ever helpless like me?"”
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “THE GOOD-NIGHT KISS.”
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading “"As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.”
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
From this reading “"TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.”
searching for or buying goods or services
From this reading “"TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.”
male cat
From this reading “"TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.”
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 “"As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.”
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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 "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Tom, dear, I once used to think as you do."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
dearly loved
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
at any time
From this reading "Were you ever helpless like me?"
opinion or judgment
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOOD-NIGHT KISS.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading "Were you ever helpless like me?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Tom, dear, I once used to think as you do."
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading THE GOOD-NIGHT KISS.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Were you ever helpless like me?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Were you ever helpless like me?"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
on one occasion
From this reading "Tom, dear, I once used to think as you do."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
above and across; more than
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
searching for or buying goods or services
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "As I do?" said Tom, raising his eyes to the beautiful face that bent over him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GOOD-NIGHT KISS.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Tom, dear, I once used to think as you do."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
male cat
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading "Tom, dear, I once used to think as you do."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Were you ever helpless like me?"
at the time that
From this reading "TOM, dear," said Christina, when the others had separated, and Mrs. Arundel had left them to do a little shopping.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tom, dear, I once used to think as you do."
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