Chapter 8 of Back at School with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Back at School with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE. "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you. I have something to say to you." We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with. "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
Chapter 8 of Back at School with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading “INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.”
death of a person
From this reading “"Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."”
charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
From this reading “INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.”
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “"Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.”
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading “"Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."”
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading “"Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."”
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading “"Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
death of a person
From this reading "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have something to say to you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
From this reading INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
above and across; more than
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
express in words
From this reading I have something to say to you."
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I have something to say to you."
express a supposition
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have something to say to you."
precisely as stated
From this reading "Something has occurred, very grave in its nature."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We thought it was coming and were glad to have it over with.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Keep your seats, young--ladies, I suppose I must call you.
Chapter 8 of Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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 8 holds 114 sentences of Back at School with the Tucker Twins, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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