Chapter 7 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture: “Oh, de-de-dum-dee! de-de-dee! That sampler certainly pleases me. You did it alone? Well, I declare!
Chapter 7 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “Well, I declare!”
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:”
a unit of instruction
From this reading “SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:”
third-person singular of “please” — give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “That sampler certainly pleases me.”
with pride; in a proud manner
From this reading “SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:”
an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
From this reading “SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:”
joining or attaching by stitches
From this reading “SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:”
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.
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
Having no one else present.
From this reading You did it alone?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading That sampler certainly pleases me.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, de-de-dum-dee! de-de-dee!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, de-de-dum-dee! de-de-dee!
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading Well, I declare!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You did it alone?
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I declare!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You did it alone?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
a unit of instruction
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That sampler certainly pleases me.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
immediately following in time or order
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, de-de-dum-dee! de-de-dee!
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
third-person singular of “please” — give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading That sampler certainly pleases me.
with pride; in a proud manner
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
joining or attaching by stitches
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That sampler certainly pleases me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
precisely as stated
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
(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, I declare!
at any time that; every time that
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading SEWING BIRD FAIRY LADY MARY FRANCES worked very hard whenever she could find a minute; and the next lesson day she proudly showed Sewing Bird a sampler like this picture:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You did it alone?
Chapter 7 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book by Jane Eayre Fryer holds 67 sentences, grouped into 14 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.
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