Chapter 6 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Annie, it’s all right, my dear. It’s only me. May I come in?” The sleeping child was awake abruptly. She held out her arms.
Chapter 6 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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quickly and without warning
From this reading “The sleeping child was awake abruptly.”
weapons considered collectively
From this reading “She held out her arms.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “The sleeping child was awake abruptly.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “The sleeping child was awake abruptly.”
dearly loved
From this reading ““Annie, it’s all right, my dear.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading “She held out her arms.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading ““Annie, it’s all right, my dear.”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “The sleeping child was awake abruptly.”
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 sleeping child was awake abruptly.”
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quickly and without warning
From this reading The sleeping child was awake abruptly.
(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 “Annie, it’s all right, my dear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Annie, it’s all right, my dear.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading She held out her arms.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading The sleeping child was awake abruptly.
a young person of either sex
From this reading The sleeping child was awake abruptly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading May I come in?”
dearly loved
From this reading “Annie, it’s all right, my dear.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading She held out her arms.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She held out her arms.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading May I come in?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading May I come in?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Annie, it’s all right, my dear.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May I come in?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It’s only me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Annie, it’s all right, my dear.
and nothing more
From this reading It’s only me.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She held out her arms.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Annie, it’s all right, my dear.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She held out her arms.
the state of being asleep
From this reading The sleeping child was awake abruptly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sleeping child was awake abruptly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sleeping child was awake abruptly.
Chapter 6 of The golden windmill, and other stories by Stacy Aumonier holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 434 sentences of The golden windmill, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The golden windmill, and other stories by Stacy Aumonier exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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