Chapter 4 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LISA. But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how. EDITH. Well, you will not have to. They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
Chapter 4 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.”
a young female
From this reading “They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.”
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading “They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.”
in the near future
From this reading “They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.”
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
From this reading “They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.”
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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 They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
(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 But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
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From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
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From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
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From this reading EDITH.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
a young female
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, you will not have to.
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From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
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From this reading LISA.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, you will not have to.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
in the near future
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading But I cannot do all these things; I don't know how.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, you will not have to.
(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, you will not have to.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Well, you will not have to.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, you will not have to.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading They will soon find out you are a gypsy girl, and cannot be tamed down into a young lady.
Chapter 4 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories by Caroline Sturgis Tappan holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 4 holds 399 sentences of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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