Chapter 6 of Dorothy at Skyrie is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Dorothy at Skyrie is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge! Fiddlesticks! That ain't his name nor nothing like it. He's Peter Piper. He's out the poorhouse or something.
Chapter 6 of Dorothy at Skyrie is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 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.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “That ain't his name nor nothing like it.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “That ain't his name nor nothing like it.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge!”
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “He's Peter Piper.”
someone who plays the bagpipe
From this reading “He's Peter Piper.”
an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
From this reading “He's out the poorhouse or something.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “He's out the poorhouse or something.”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge!”
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.
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From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge!
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From this reading Fiddlesticks!
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From this reading He's Peter Piper.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He's out the poorhouse or something.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He's out the poorhouse or something.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge!
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading He's Peter Piper.
someone who plays the bagpipe
From this reading He's Peter Piper.
an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
From this reading He's out the poorhouse or something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He's out the poorhouse or something.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That ain't his name nor nothing like it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He's out the poorhouse or something.
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading MORE PECULIAR VISITORS "Barnaby Rudge!
Chapter 6 of Dorothy at Skyrie by Evelyn Raymond holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 6 holds 134 sentences of Dorothy at Skyrie, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Dorothy at Skyrie by Evelyn Raymond exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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