Chapter X of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Tilting Floor,” is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter X
Chapter X of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Tilting Floor,” is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin. She was alone; wanted to be. The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel. Pearl and Don had gone. She had wanted to sit and think.
Chapter X of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Tilting Floor,” is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.”
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
From this reading “The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.”
possessive form of “field” — a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
your parents
From this reading “The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.”
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
From this reading “That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.”
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “Pearl and Don had gone.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.”
very small
From this reading “That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.”
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 “The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.”
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 That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
Having no one else present.
From this reading She was alone; wanted to be.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pearl and Don had gone.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was alone; wanted to be.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading Pearl and Don had gone.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
possessive form of “field” — a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
your parents
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
the act of giving
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Pearl and Don had gone.
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Pearl and Don had gone.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading Pearl and Don had gone.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was alone; wanted to be.
be seated
From this reading She had wanted to sit and think.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading She had wanted to sit and think.
very small
From this reading That evening Ruth sat before a tiny open grate in her room at Field’s cabin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was alone; wanted to be.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She was alone; wanted to be.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was alone; wanted to be.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The summer folks were giving a concert up at the big hotel.
Chapter 10 of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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 10 holds 141 sentences of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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