Chapter 22 of A House Party with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of A House Party with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES: I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy. I am awfully excited about Sleepy. He seems to be wide awake. Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
Chapter 22 of A House Party with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “I am awfully excited about Sleepy.”
third-person singular of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.”
fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading “I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.”
ready to fall asleep
From this reading “I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.”
United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
From this reading “A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:”
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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In this reading “Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.”
In this reading “Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.”
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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 A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I am awfully excited about Sleepy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading He seems to be wide awake.
used as intensifiers
From this reading I am awfully excited about Sleepy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He seems to be wide awake.
third-person singular of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading I am awfully excited about Sleepy.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seems to be wide awake.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
the literary culture
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
a human being
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seems to be wide awake.
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
ready to fall asleep
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading A LETTER FROM PAGE ALLISON TO THE TUCKER TWINS _Bracken, Va._ _Milton P. O._ MY DEAREST TWEEDLES:
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading He seems to be wide awake.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Father says he will come through the war and be a distinguished person of some sort, he believes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I am sending you letters from Annie and from Sleepy.
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