Chapter 14 of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter! Patter! I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog. “Wow! Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
Chapter 14 of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aimlessly drifting
From this reading “ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter!”
a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
From this reading “I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.”
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
From this reading “I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.”
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.”
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
From this reading “Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.”
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
From this reading “ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter!”
scrape with the paws
From this reading “Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.”
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading ““Wow!”
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.
prevent from coming close
In this reading “I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.”
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 ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter!
aimlessly drifting
From this reading ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter!
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter!
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
firmly closed or secured
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter!
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
From this reading ADRIFT IN A BOAT “Patter!
scrape with the paws
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
cut with a saw
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
at the time that
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Wow!” howled Patter, limping along and holding up the paw to which the crab--a large one--had fastened itself.
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading “Wow!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I told you to keep away from the crab!” shouted Bunny Brown, when he saw what had happened to his trick dog.
Chapter 14 of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog by Laura Lee Hope holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 14 holds 125 sentences of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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