Chapter 20 of The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY. All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned. Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned. What was the matter with her little sister? She felt completely puzzled.
Chapter 20 of The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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experiencing a sudden sense of danger
From this reading “Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.”
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.”
past form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.”
any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
From this reading “Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “She felt completely puzzled.”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.”
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading “A STARTLING DISCOVERY.”
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 STARTLING DISCOVERY.
experiencing a sudden sense of danger
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
(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 All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading She felt completely puzzled.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
the act of discovering something
From this reading A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading What was the matter with her little sister?
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading What was the matter with her little sister?
past form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading She felt completely puzzled.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She felt completely puzzled.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Primrose, lying awake by her side, felt more and more alarmed and concerned.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading What was the matter with her little sister?
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What was the matter with her little sister?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading All through her dreams that night Daisy sobbed and moaned.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was the matter with her little sister?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was the matter with her little sister?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What was the matter with her little sister?
Chapter 20 of The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls by L. T. Meade holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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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