Chapter 13 of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again. “How glad we are! How glad we are! We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room. “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
Chapter 13 of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
From this reading “We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.”
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading “We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.”
plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading “MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.”
cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
From this reading “MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.”
a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
From this reading “We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.”
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading ““We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.”
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 “We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.”
In this reading “MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.”
In this reading “We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.”
In this reading ““We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
later than; following
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
anew
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “How glad we are!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “How glad we are!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How glad we are!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
take the midday meal
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
on a floor above
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “How glad we are!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MARY MARIE’S SHAWL AFTER helping Katie with the lunch dishes, Mary Frances ran upstairs again.
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “We were afraid that you might not come again to-day,” said the Yarn Baby.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We heard you coming From afar!” sang Crow Shay as she entered the room.
Chapter 13 of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book by Jane Eayre Fryer holds 76 sentences, grouped into 16 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 13 holds 76 sentences of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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