Chapter 4 of Dotty Dimple's Flyaway is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Dotty Dimple's Flyaway is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A RAILROAD SAVAGE." It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world. "Yes, cerdily!" The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees. The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.
Chapter 4 of Dotty Dimple's Flyaway is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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your parents
From this reading “The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.”
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.”
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading “It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.”
a sudden sharp feeling
From this reading “It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.”
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading “"A RAILROAD SAVAGE."”
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “"A RAILROAD SAVAGE."”
plural of “wagon” — any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading “The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.”
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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 "A RAILROAD SAVAGE."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, cerdily!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
guided by whim and fancy
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
your parents
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
a sudden sharp feeling
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading "A RAILROAD SAVAGE."
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading "A RAILROAD SAVAGE."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
plural of “wagon” — any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading The world had horses and wagons in it,--this place hadn't.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The world was full of folks and houses,--this place was nothing but trees.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading It now occurred to little Flyaway, with a sudden pang, that she must have come to the end of the world.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, cerdily!"
Chapter 4 of Dotty Dimple's Flyaway by Sophie May holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 4 holds 145 sentences of Dotty Dimple's Flyaway, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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