Chapter 3 of Cousin Becky's champions is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Cousin Becky's champions is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling? Come to the fire and warm yourself. It's snowing, isn't it?" "Yes, mother. I hope we shall have a good downfall.
Chapter 3 of Cousin Becky's champions is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a special loved one
From this reading “AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?”
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
From this reading “I hope we shall have a good downfall.”
the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)
From this reading “AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Come to the fire and warm yourself.”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I hope we shall have a good downfall.”
-ing form of “snow” — fall as snow
From this reading “It's snowing, isn't it?"”
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading “Come to the fire and warm yourself.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Come to the fire and warm yourself.”
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.
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 I hope we shall have a good downfall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come to the fire and warm yourself.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come to the fire and warm yourself.
a special loved one
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
From this reading I hope we shall have a good downfall.
the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
start firing a weapon
From this reading Come to the fire and warm yourself.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I hope we shall have a good downfall.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I hope we shall have a good downfall.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope we shall have a good downfall.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hope we shall have a good downfall.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's snowing, isn't it?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It's snowing, isn't it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's snowing, isn't it?"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Yes, mother.
a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I hope we shall have a good downfall.
-ing form of “snow” — fall as snow
From this reading It's snowing, isn't it?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come to the fire and warm yourself.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Come to the fire and warm yourself.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I hope we shall have a good downfall.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, mother.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AT THE ROOKERY "Is that you, Edgar, darling?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Come to the fire and warm yourself.
Chapter 3 of Cousin Becky's champions by Eleanora H. Stooke holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 3 holds 120 sentences of Cousin Becky's champions, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Cousin Becky's champions by Eleanora H. Stooke exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 120 sentences, grouped into 24 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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