Chapter 14 of The Room with the Tassels is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Room with the Tassels is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Zizi "Where is she?" Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen. "Well! Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days! She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!
Chapter 14 of The Room with the Tassels is here in full — 260 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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brought into existence
From this reading “Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!”
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading “Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!”
kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
From this reading “Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.”
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading “Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!”
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading “She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!”
a special situation
From this reading “Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!”
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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 Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
(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 Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
brought into existence
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Zizi "Where is she?"
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Zizi "Where is she?"
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
a special situation
From this reading Mis' Landon, I never see such a thing in all my born days!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She slid out here like she was on roller-skates!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Milly asked of Hester, as, more out of curiosity than hospitality she went to the kitchen.
in or at the place that
From this reading Zizi "Where is she?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Zizi "Where is she?"
Chapter 14 of The Room with the Tassels by Carolyn Wells holds 260 sentences, grouped into 52 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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