Chapter 3 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?" Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian. Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision. "Wrong, this time. There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
Chapter 3 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of making up your mind about something
From this reading “Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"”
a person who cares for persons or property
From this reading “Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.”
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.”
similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
From this reading “There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.”
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading “There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
the act of making up your mind about something
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
a person who cares for persons or property
From this reading Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.
similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
From this reading There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading There isn't the slightest resemblance that I could observe.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading Harriet Burrell whispered something in the ear of the guardian.
which person or people
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Again Miss Elting shook her head, this time with decision.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading "Wrong, this time.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE START THAT CAME TO GRIEF "Who do you think it is, Harriet?"
Chapter 3 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills by Janet Aldridge holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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 3 holds 151 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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