Chapter 3 of Dick and his cat is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Dick and his cat is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man. The man was not rich. He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too. But he did not mind that. But the girl was not kind to Dick.
Chapter 3 of Dick and his cat is here in full — 16 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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someone who is a detective
From this reading “Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.”
a young female
From this reading “But the girl was not kind to Dick.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “The man was not rich.”
in the near future
From this reading “Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.”
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 He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he did not mind that.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But he did not mind that.
a young female
From this reading But the girl was not kind to Dick.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The man was not rich.
possessing material wealth
From this reading The man was not rich.
in the near future
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But he did not mind that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The man was not rich.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The man was not rich.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dick soon made up his mind to live with this kind, good man.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading He had to work hard, and Dick was made to work too.
Chapter 3 of Dick and his cat by Mary Ellis holds 16 sentences, grouped into 4 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 16 sentences of Dick and his cat, unabridged, divided into 4 reading sections.
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