Chapter 18 of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe is here in full — 732 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe is here in full — 732 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SONG IN THE NIGHT. It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm. The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows. Not a soul had been in that day. So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
Chapter 18 of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe is here in full — 732 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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closed to traffic
From this reading “The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.”
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading “So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.”
the expensive white fur of the ermine
From this reading “The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.”
past form of “hood” — cover with a hood
From this reading “The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.”
a partly sheltered anchorage
From this reading “The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.”
past form of “snow” — fall as snow
From this reading “It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.”
at a steady rate or pace
From this reading “It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.”
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.
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the middle or central part or point
In this reading “It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.”
In this reading “It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.”
move past
In this reading “The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A SONG IN THE NIGHT.
later than; following
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Not a soul had been in that day.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
closed to traffic
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
the expensive white fur of the ermine
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Not a soul had been in that day.
past form of “hood” — cover with a hood
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A SONG IN THE NIGHT.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
set afire or burning
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
the location of something surrounded by other things
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A SONG IN THE NIGHT.
not any; not one
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
making no sound
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a soul had been in that day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
a partly sheltered anchorage
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
past form of “snow” — fall as snow
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading A SONG IN THE NIGHT.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Not a soul had been in that day.
at a steady rate or pace
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not a soul had been in that day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SONG IN THE NIGHT.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It snowed steadily all day; and evening closed around them in the midst of this soft, noiseless storm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So, after the lamp was lighted, they drew closer together.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading The roads were beginning to be blocked up, the houses were hooded in ermine, and no one passed by the windows.
Chapter 18 of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe by Amanda M. Douglas holds 732 sentences, grouped into 147 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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