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Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6
Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6 is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.
I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.
Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.
Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."
With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.
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Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6 is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.
/aɪ kæn duː ˈsʌmθɪŋ fɔːr juː ənd aɪ wɪl wɪð ɔːl maɪ hɑːrt/
Line 2
I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.
Line 3
Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.
Line 4
Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."
Line 5
With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

bay noun US /beɪ/

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading “I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.”

Cheer verb US /tʃɪr/

give encouragement to

From this reading “Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."”

cheerful adjective US /ˈtʃɪrfəl/

being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits

From this reading “With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.”

Davy noun US /ˈdeɪvi/

English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

From this reading “Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."”

fly verb US /flaɪ/

travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading “I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.”

Gulliver proper noun US /ˈɡʌl.ɪ.vər/

The famous literary traveler who journeyed to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

From this reading “With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.”

sailed verb US /seɪld/

past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading “With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.”

tidings noun US /ˈtaɪdɪŋz/

information about recent and important events

From this reading “Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."”

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Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

baynounUS /beɪ/

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

becomeverbUS /bɪˈkʌm/

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

bringverbUS /brɪŋ/

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

CheerverbUS /tʃɪr/

give encouragement to

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

cheerfuladjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪrfəl/

being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

Dan

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

DavynounUS /ˈdeɪvi/

English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

dearadjectiveUS /dɪr/

dearly loved

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

don't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

doneadjectiveUS /dʌn/

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

flyverbUS /flaɪ/

travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

Gulliverproper nounUS /ˈɡʌl.ɪ.vər/

The famous literary traveler who journeyed to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

heartnounUS /hɑːrt/

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

I'll

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

learnverbUS /lɜːrn/

gain knowledge or skills

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

leavingnounUS /ˈliːvɪŋ/

the act of departing

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

masternounUS /ˈmæstər/

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

Nep

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

nextadjectiveUS /nekst/

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

sailedverbUS /seɪld/

past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

tellverbUS /tel/

express in words

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

ThenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

tidingsnounUS /ˈtaɪdɪŋz/

information about recent and important events

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

townnounUS /taʊn/

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

tryverbUS /traɪ/

make an effort or attempt

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Cheer up, Davy dear: I'll bring you tidings, if any can be had."

waitverbUS /weɪt/

stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

watchverbUS /wɑːtʃ/

look attentively

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Then I'll come and tell you, and we will see what is to be done next.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I'll fly to town, if I don't see him in the bay, and try to learn what has become of Dan.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading With these cheerful words, away sailed Gulliver, leaving Nep and his master to watch and wait again.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "I can do something for you; and I will, with all my heart.

Chapter 5 of Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6 by Louisa May Alcott holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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Chapter 5 holds 421 sentences of Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.

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