Chapter 6 of Adventures in Toyland is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Adventures in Toyland is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl. "He must have been a good deal hurt. And he must have felt very silly, too," she added. "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette. "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
Chapter 6 of Adventures in Toyland is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “"I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “"He must have been a good deal hurt.”
properly deserved
From this reading “"Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."”
be the source of pain
From this reading “"He must have been a good deal hurt.”
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “"I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.”
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading “And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “"Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.”
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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 "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
(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 "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "He must have been a good deal hurt.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading "He must have been a good deal hurt.
properly deserved
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
a young female
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "He must have been a good deal hurt.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "He must have been a good deal hurt.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He must have been a good deal hurt.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
be the source of pain
From this reading "He must have been a good deal hurt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
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From this reading "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
From this reading "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "He must have been a good deal hurt.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
precisely as stated
From this reading And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading "Almost worse than being hurt, isn't it?" said the little Marionette.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, I was a little sorry for him myself; but I think he deserved all he got."
Chapter 6 of Adventures in Toyland by Edith King Hall holds 143 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 6 holds 143 sentences of Adventures in Toyland, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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