Chapter 12 of The Tin Soldier is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Tin Soldier is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed. Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day." "Why not?" "It will spoil her feast. Derry Drake is coming to dinner."
Chapter 12 of The Tin Soldier is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."”
on a floor below
From this reading “Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."”
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading “Derry Drake is coming to dinner."”
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “"It will spoil her feast.”
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.”
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading “WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.”
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading “"It will spoil her feast.”
notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading “Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Derry Drake is coming to dinner."
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Derry Drake is coming to dinner."
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Derry Drake is coming to dinner."
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
on a floor below
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading Derry Drake is coming to dinner."
take in liquids
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading "It will spoil her feast.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Derry Drake is coming to dinner."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It will spoil her feast.
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why not?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
From this reading "It will spoil her feast.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
express in words
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
at the time that
From this reading WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG Jean was having her breakfast in bed.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why not?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "It will spoil her feast.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Emily had slipped downstairs to drink an early cup of coffee with the Doctor and to warn him, "Don't tell her to-day."
Chapter 12 of The Tin Soldier by Temple Bailey holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 12 holds 182 sentences of The Tin Soldier, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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