Chapter 5 of Daddy-Long-Legs is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Daddy-Long-Legs is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited! I can't wait till daylight to explore. It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep. We rise at five. Did you ever know such fun?
Chapter 5 of Daddy-Long-Legs is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exhale hard
From this reading “It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.”
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading “It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited!”
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading “I can't wait till daylight to explore.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited!”
inquire into
From this reading “I can't wait till daylight to explore.”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “Did you ever know such fun?”
move upward
From this reading “We rise at five.”
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From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We rise at five.
exhale hard
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't wait till daylight to explore.
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited!
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading I can't wait till daylight to explore.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you ever know such fun?
at any time
From this reading Did you ever know such fun?
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited!
inquire into
From this reading I can't wait till daylight to explore.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading We rise at five.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading Did you ever know such fun?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't wait till daylight to explore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Did you ever know such fun?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
move upward
From this reading We rise at five.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oh, Daddy, I'm so excited!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Did you ever know such fun?
up to a particular time
From this reading I can't wait till daylight to explore.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I can't wait till daylight to explore.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading It's 8.30 now, and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go to sleep.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I can't wait till daylight to explore.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We rise at five.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you ever know such fun?
Chapter 5 of Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 196 sentences of Daddy-Long-Legs, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
Work through the 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 209 minutes of reading across 504 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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