Chapter 15 of Back at School with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Back at School with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York. I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'. I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live." "So long, Son! I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
Chapter 15 of Back at School with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 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.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.”
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading “I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.”
cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading “I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.”
a disputant who advocates reform
From this reading “I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “"Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “"Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.”
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.
a man who is very old
In this reading “I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."”
In this reading “I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "So long, Son!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
a disputant who advocates reform
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
a male human offspring
From this reading "So long, Son!
express in words
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I like that old man so much I wish he'd come down here to live."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading I'm old enough to have a good one now, and tell my reformer I named the canoe 'Uncle Sam'.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Jo, I wish you would bring me a Remington rifle from New York.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I hope you will have a peach of a time at your camp.
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