Chapter 6 of The Poor Little Rich Girl is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Poor Little Rich Girl is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor. The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles. Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath. Her blue-and-white frock was crumpled. She was kicking the rug with both heels.
Chapter 6 of The Poor Little Rich Girl is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of metal e.g.
From this reading “Her blue-and-white frock was crumpled.”
a long, loose outer garment
From this reading “Her blue-and-white frock was crumpled.”
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
From this reading “She was kicking the rug with both heels.”
a child's room for a baby
From this reading “Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.”
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading “She was kicking the rug with both heels.”
coils of worsted yarn
From this reading “The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.”
past form of “stream” — to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
From this reading “The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.”
plural of “tangle” — a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
From this reading “The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her blue-and-white frock was crumpled.
the two together, not just one
From this reading She was kicking the rug with both heels.
of metal e.g.
From this reading Her blue-and-white frock was crumpled.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
a long, loose outer garment
From this reading Her blue-and-white frock was crumpled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading She was kicking the rug with both heels.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
From this reading She was kicking the rug with both heels.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
a child's room for a baby
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
a light shade of red
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading She was kicking the rug with both heels.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was kicking the rug with both heels.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.
coils of worsted yarn
From this reading The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.
past form of “stream” — to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
From this reading The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.
plural of “tangle” — a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
From this reading The skein of her flaxen hair streamed about her shoulders in tangles.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gwendolyn was lying on her back in the middle of the nursery floor.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading Her head being unpillowed, her face was pink--and pink, too, with wrath.
Chapter 6 of The Poor Little Rich Girl by Eleanor Gates holds 251 sentences, grouped into 51 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 6 holds 251 sentences of The Poor Little Rich Girl, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Poor Little Rich Girl by Eleanor Gates exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 251 sentences, grouped into 51 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.
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