Chapter 2 of Boy Blue and His Friends is here in full — 507 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Boy Blue and His Friends is here in full — 507 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time. "I would like a good boy to help me." "That is a good idea," said Grandma. "It is lonely now that all our children are gone. "And Tommy is just the kind of a boy I like."
Chapter 2 of Boy Blue and His Friends is here in full — 507 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “"That is a good idea," said Grandma.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “"That is a good idea," said Grandma.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “"It is lonely now that all our children are gone.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.”
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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 would like a good boy to help me."
later than; following
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
(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 That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And Tommy is just the kind of a boy I like."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It is lonely now that all our children are gone.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
a youthful male person
From this reading "I would like a good boy to help me."
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
destroyed or killed
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "I would like a good boy to help me."
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading "That is a good idea," said Grandma.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "I would like a good boy to help me."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "That is a good idea," said Grandma.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That is a good idea," said Grandma.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is lonely now that all our children are gone.
and nothing more
From this reading "And Tommy is just the kind of a boy I like."
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading "And Tommy is just the kind of a boy I like."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I would like a good boy to help me."
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading "It is lonely now that all our children are gone.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I would like a good boy to help me."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "It is lonely now that all our children are gone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And Tommy is just the kind of a boy I like."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "It is lonely now that all our children are gone.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
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From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That night, after the children had gone to bed, Grandpa said, "I wish Tommy could live here with us all the time.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I would like a good boy to help me."
Chapter 2 of Boy Blue and His Friends by Etta Blaisdell McDonald holds 507 sentences, grouped into 102 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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