Chapter 3 of The Junior Classics, Volume — Volume 6, Old-Fashioned Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Junior Classics, Volume — Volume 6, Old-Fashioned Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too. "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go. That was his idea. Well! Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
Chapter 3 of The Junior Classics, Volume — Volume 6, Old-Fashioned Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surpassing what is common or usual or expected
From this reading “Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.”
the time between one event, process, or period and another
From this reading “Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.”
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading “Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.”
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
From this reading “Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.”
estrangement from god
From this reading “Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.”
creating thread
From this reading “"Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
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From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
surpassing what is common or usual or expected
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That was his idea.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading That was his idea.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
the time between one event, process, or period and another
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
and nothing more
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
express in words
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
estrangement from god
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
creating thread
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was his idea.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Set spinning," they heard Sin Saxon say, "and then let go.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Only it seems to me there's been especial pains taken to show us it can't be done.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was his idea.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Meantime Sin Saxon and Frank had got with Miss Goldthwaite, and were talking too.
Chapter 3 of The Junior Classics, Volume — Volume 6, Old-Fashioned Tales by William [Editor] Patten holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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