Chapter 3 of Crofton Chums is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Crofton Chums is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim? Is anything wrong?” “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim. “Engaged this room? But――but how could you?”
Chapter 3 of Crofton Chums is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading ““This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.”
a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
From this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
the season of growth
From this reading ““This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
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.
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In this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
In this reading “GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
any thing at all
From this reading Is anything wrong?”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But――but how could you?”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But――but how could you?”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
a boy or man
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But――but how could you?”
address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
immediately past
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
the season of growth
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This fellow says he engaged this room last spring and means to have it,” replied Jim.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading GARY RECONSIDERS The sound of the talking had brought the others from the table to the hall below, and now Mrs. Hazard came up the stairs to inquire anxiously: “What is it, Jim?
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Is anything wrong?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But――but how could you?”
Chapter 3 of Crofton Chums by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 274 sentences, grouped into 55 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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