Chapter 12 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROSALIA. I just crept in behind one of the Monks. I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in. Here I am, Peter! PETER [_worried_].
Chapter 12 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “I just crept in behind one of the Monks.”
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading “I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.”
plural of “monk” — a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
From this reading “I just crept in behind one of the Monks.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.”
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “Here I am, Peter!”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
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In this reading “I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.”
In this reading “I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.”
enter surreptitiously
In this reading “I just crept in behind one of the Monks.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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later than; following
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Here I am, Peter!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
the act of departing
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here I am, Peter!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
and nothing more
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
plural of “monk” — a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading Here I am, Peter!
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ROSALIA.
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I just crept in behind one of the Monks.
at the time that
From this reading I saw him going along the street, and I ran after him, and when he opened the big gates I just crept in.
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading PETER [_worried_].
Chapter 12 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls by Elsie Hobart Carter holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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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