Chapter 3 of A Bunch of Cherries is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of A Bunch of Cherries is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TELEGRAM. Dolly came up in her brisk way. She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore. She looked very mysterious. She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
Chapter 3 of A Bunch of Cherries is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quick and energetic
From this reading “Dolly came up in her brisk way.”
a sweet innocent baby
From this reading “She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.”
not accessible to view
From this reading “She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.”
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading “She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “Dolly came up in her brisk way.”
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
From this reading “She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “She looked very mysterious.”
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading “THE TELEGRAM.”
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.
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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 She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
(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 She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
quick and energetic
From this reading Dolly came up in her brisk way.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Dolly came up in her brisk way.
a sweet innocent baby
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
not accessible to view
From this reading She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading Dolly came up in her brisk way.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
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 She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Dolly came up in her brisk way.
the act of retaining something
From this reading She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dolly came up in her brisk way.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked very mysterious.
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
of an obscure nature
From this reading She looked very mysterious.
above and across; more than
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
From this reading She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading THE TELEGRAM.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TELEGRAM.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Dolly came up in her brisk way.
precisely as stated
From this reading She looked very mysterious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Dolly came up in her brisk way.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading She had a round cherub face and two great big blue eyes, and short hair, which she wore in a curly mop all over her head.
Chapter 3 of A Bunch of Cherries by L. T. Meade holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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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