Chapter 3 of The little cap is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The little cap is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ADVERSITY. DAYS of trial were now approaching. A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail. Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes. This sacrifice was made without a murmur.
Chapter 3 of The little cap is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Difficulties; misfortune and hardship faced with courage.
From this reading “ADVERSITY.”
female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading “Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.”
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “This sacrifice was made without a murmur.”
bring forth or yield
From this reading “A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.”
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
From this reading “This sacrifice was made without a murmur.”
plural of “tax” — charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
From this reading “Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.”
the act of testing something
From this reading “DAYS of trial were now approaching.”
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 “A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.”
In this reading “This sacrifice was made without a murmur.”
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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 A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
Difficulties; misfortune and hardship faced with courage.
From this reading ADVERSITY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading DAYS of trial were now approaching.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading DAYS of trial were now approaching.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading This sacrifice was made without a murmur.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading This sacrifice was made without a murmur.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading DAYS of trial were now approaching.
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DAYS of trial were now approaching.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
bring forth or yield
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
From this reading This sacrifice was made without a murmur.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
plural of “tax” — charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This sacrifice was made without a murmur.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A bad season caused the produce of the land and garden to fail.
the act of testing something
From this reading DAYS of trial were now approaching.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Poor Gaspard was obliged to sell the cow to pay the taxes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading DAYS of trial were now approaching.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading This sacrifice was made without a murmur.
Chapter 3 of The little cap by Mrs. (Louisa Maria) Dundas holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 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 3 holds 119 sentences of The little cap, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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