Chapter 26 of Boys and Girls Bookshelf is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Boys and Girls Bookshelf is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The centipede! The centipede! Those two balls of fire are its eyes. It is coming for its prey! Now is the time to kill it."
Chapter 26 of Boys and Girls Bookshelf is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “Those two balls of fire are its eyes.”
chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
From this reading “"The centipede!”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “It is coming for its prey!”
opinion or judgment
From this reading “Those two balls of fire are its eyes.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Those two balls of fire are its eyes.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Now is the time to kill it."”
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
From this reading “It is coming for its prey!”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those two balls of fire are its eyes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
From this reading "The centipede!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading It is coming for its prey!
opinion or judgment
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is coming for its prey!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is coming for its prey!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is coming for its prey!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Now is the time to kill it."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now is the time to kill it."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
From this reading It is coming for its prey!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The centipede!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Now is the time to kill it."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now is the time to kill it."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Those two balls of fire are its eyes.
Chapter 26 of Boys and Girls Bookshelf by Various holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 26 holds 397 sentences of Boys and Girls Bookshelf, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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