Chapter 14 of Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HAPPY TOWZER. Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying. "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones." "You can't do it," returned Jack. "I have been a-working on him these two years.
Chapter 14 of Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “blink” — briefly shut the eyes
From this reading “Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.”
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading “"I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."”
-ing form of “dry” — remove the moisture from and make dry
From this reading “Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “"I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."”
possessive form of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “"I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."”
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.”
an unbroken series of events
From this reading “"I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “"I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."”
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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 tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have been a-working on him these two years.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I have been a-working on him these two years.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
past form of “blink” — briefly shut the eyes
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You can't do it," returned Jack.
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You can't do it," returned Jack.
-ing form of “dry” — remove the moisture from and make dry
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
possessive form of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
start firing a weapon
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading HAPPY TOWZER.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have been a-working on him these two years.
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I have been a-working on him these two years.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
a small worthless amount
From this reading "You can't do it," returned Jack.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "You can't do it," returned Jack.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
an unbroken series of events
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
express in words
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "I have been a-working on him these two years.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HAPPY TOWZER.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "I have been a-working on him these two years.
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
during the time that
From this reading Towzer lay on the warm hearth and blinked at the fire, while his thick coat was drying.
a late time of life
From this reading "I have been a-working on him these two years.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I tell you what it is," said Bertie; "if there is any virtue in good living, I mean to put a streak of fat on that fellow's bones."
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