Chapter 13 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well. Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it. The child was afraid, but she was compelled to go. So she closed her eyes and jumped in. She went down and down.
Chapter 13 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.”
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “So she closed her eyes and jumped in.”
inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading “The child was afraid, but she was compelled to go.”
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading “While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.”
feel or handle with the fingers
From this reading “While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “So she closed her eyes and jumped in.”
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
From this reading “While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.”
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading “While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.”
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.
a youthful female person
In this reading “While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.”
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.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading The child was afraid, but she was compelled to go.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The child was afraid, but she was compelled to go.
a young person of either sex
From this reading The child was afraid, but she was compelled to go.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading So she closed her eyes and jumped in.
inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading The child was afraid, but she was compelled to go.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
opinion or judgment
From this reading So she closed her eyes and jumped in.
feel or handle with the fingers
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
a young female
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading So she closed her eyes and jumped in.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she closed her eyes and jumped in.
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
precisely as stated
From this reading Her step-mother was very angry and told her to go down in the well and get it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
(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 While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She went down and down.
during the time that
From this reading While the little girl was washing her finger she dropped the spindle down in the well.
Chapter 13 of Worth While Stories for Every Day by Lawton B. (Lawton Bryan) [Editor] Evans holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 13 holds 420 sentences of Worth While Stories for Every Day, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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