Chapter 5 of Captain Cranberry is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Captain Cranberry is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ARIEL. No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy. And it can’t ever come to anything. He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of. CYN.
Chapter 5 of Captain Cranberry is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “And it can’t ever come to anything.”
give sanction to
From this reading “He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.”
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading “No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.”
at any time
From this reading “And it can’t ever come to anything.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.”
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading “No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.”
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 “He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it can’t ever come to anything.
any thing at all
From this reading And it can’t ever come to anything.
give sanction to
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
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From this reading ARIEL.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And it can’t ever come to anything.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And it can’t ever come to anything.
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From this reading CYN.
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From this reading No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.
at any time
From this reading And it can’t ever come to anything.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it can’t ever come to anything.
and nothing more
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.
not any; not one
From this reading No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading No one in Bay Point, Miss Cynthy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And it can’t ever come to anything.
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From this reading He is just the kind that father wouldn’t approve of.
Chapter 5 of Captain Cranberry by Gladys Ruth Bridgham holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 5 holds 443 sentences of Captain Cranberry, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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