Chapter 5 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SARAH. Once there was. EDITH. And is now. I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
Chapter 5 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.”
on one occasion
From this reading “Once there was.”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.”
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading “SARAH.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And is now.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDITH.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And is now.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And is now.
on one occasion
From this reading Once there was.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading SARAH.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Once there was.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once there was.
in or at the place that
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I am sure you would be good if you could come out, and live where people would love you, and be kind to you.
Chapter 5 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories by Caroline Sturgis Tappan holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 5 holds 403 sentences of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories by Caroline Sturgis Tappan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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