Chapter 10 of The House with the Green Shutters is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The House with the Green Shutters is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost. "Whose is it?" said Brodie. "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air. "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know? He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.
Chapter 10 of The House with the Green Shutters is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “"Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.”
plural of “eyebrow” — the arch of hair above each eye
From this reading “"Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?”
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading “"Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.”
a high-ranking university administrator
From this reading “"Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.”
a male human offspring
From this reading “He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “"Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.”
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading “"It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?”
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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 "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Whose is it?" said Brodie.
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From this reading "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?
plural of “eyebrow” — the arch of hair above each eye
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
a boy or man
From this reading "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Whose is it?" said Brodie.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Whose is it?" said Brodie.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?
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From this reading He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
a high-ranking university administrator
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
cut with a saw
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
a male human offspring
From this reading He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Such a rickle of furniture I never saw!" said the Provost.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
belonging to which person
From this reading "Whose is it?" said Brodie.
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading "It beloangs to that fellow Wilson, doan't ye know?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Oh, have ye noat heard?" said the Head of the Town with eyebrows in air.
Chapter 10 of The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown holds 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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 10 holds 197 sentences of The House with the Green Shutters, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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