Chapter 8 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch! Nobody dares to lift the latch! I’m Cross Patch, Cross Patch! Click―ety―clatch! Cross Patch!”
Chapter 8 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
move or strike with a noise
From this reading “Click―ety―clatch!”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!”
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “Nobody dares to lift the latch!”
fasten with a latch
From this reading “Nobody dares to lift the latch!”
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “Nobody dares to lift the latch!”
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading “MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!”
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading “MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Click―ety―clatch!
move or strike with a noise
From this reading Click―ety―clatch!
travel across or pass over
From this reading MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading Nobody dares to lift the latch!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Click―ety―clatch!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!
fasten with a latch
From this reading Nobody dares to lift the latch!
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading Nobody dares to lift the latch!
any art that invokes supernatural powers
From this reading MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody dares to lift the latch!
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading MAGIC AND MYSTERY “I’M Cross Patch, Cross Patch!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nobody dares to lift the latch!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nobody dares to lift the latch!
Chapter 8 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book by Jane Eayre Fryer holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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 8 holds 95 sentences of The Mary Frances Sewing Book, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Mary Frances Sewing Book by Jane Eayre Fryer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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.
Work through the 19 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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