Chapter 30 of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT’S A PURL? WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question. “Little Miss,” he said, “what’s a purl?” “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question. “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.”
Chapter 30 of The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the verbal act of requesting
From this reading ““A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.”
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading “WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.”
plural of “oyster” — marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
From this reading ““A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.””
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading ““A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.”
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading ““A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.””
filled with bewilderment
From this reading ““A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.”
a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
From this reading “WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.”
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a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
In this reading ““A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.””
In this reading ““A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.”
be restored
In this reading “WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.”
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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 WHAT’S A PURL?
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
set up or found
From this reading “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Little Miss,” he said, “what’s a purl?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Little Miss,” he said, “what’s a purl?”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Little Miss,” he said, “what’s a purl?”
plural of “oyster” — marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
From this reading “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.”
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.”
flow in a circular current, of liquids
From this reading WHAT’S A PURL?
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Little Miss,” he said, “what’s a purl?”
a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “A pearl is a precious stone found in oysters.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “A pearl?” said Mary Frances, greatly puzzled by his asking such a question.
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From this reading WHAT’S A PURL?
at the time that
From this reading WHEN Mary Frances came back, Crow Shay asked her a question.
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