Chapter 4 of Daddy Takes Us Skating is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Daddy Takes Us Skating is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond. "Come on, Hal!" "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake. "Wait a minute, Mab! Don't go on the ice yet!"
Chapter 4 of Daddy Takes Us Skating is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading “"Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.”
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “Don't go on the ice yet!"”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “"Wait a minute, Mab!”
a small lake
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
an elevated geological formation
From this reading “POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Wait a minute, Mab!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come on, Hal!"
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Hold on!" called Daddy Blake.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "Wait a minute, Mab!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
a small lake
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
a rotund individual
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
in the direction of
From this reading POOR ROLY-POLY "Come on!" cried Mab, as she started to run down the slope of the hill toward the frozen pond.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Wait a minute, Mab!
but in spite of that
From this reading Don't go on the ice yet!"
Chapter 4 of Daddy Takes Us Skating by Howard Roger Garis 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.
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