Chapter 8 of The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door. "Do come in. You don't know what a dear you were to take that class. I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that. It worried me so.
Chapter 8 of The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “"Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.”
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading “You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.”
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “"Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.”
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading “"Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading “It worried me so.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.”
In this reading “"Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.”
In this reading “I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.”
In this reading “"Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.”
to come or go into
In this reading “"Do come in.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
later than; following
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Do come in.
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
dearly loved
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do come in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
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 "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It worried me so.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It worried me so.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
successive (without a break)
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
carry out
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Hannah, dear," she called, seeing the brown hair and blue eyes through a crack in the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I went straight to sleep, and didn't mind the pain nearly so much after that.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading It worried me so.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You don't know what a dear you were to take that class.
Chapter 8 of The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Katharine Ellis Barrett holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 8 holds 394 sentences of The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Katharine Ellis Barrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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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