Chapter 12 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WILLIE. It was three days later. “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie. “We can drive them up—really we can. You’ll come, won’t you, Eva?”
Chapter 12 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading ““Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “It was three days later.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading ““We can drive them up—really we can.”
plural of “gum” — a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
From this reading ““Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.”
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “It was three days later.”
pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
From this reading ““Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading ““We can drive them up—really we can.”
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading ““Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.”
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.
In this reading “It was three days later.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “We can drive them up—really we can.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You’ll come, won’t you, Eva?”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading It was three days later.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “We can drive them up—really we can.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ll come, won’t you, Eva?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
plural of “gum” — a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was three days later.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading It was three days later.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “We can drive them up—really we can.
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “We can drive them up—really we can.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading It was three days later.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “We can drive them up—really we can.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Oh, do let us bring the sheep in from the Gums paddock!” cried Willie.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was three days later.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We can drive them up—really we can.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WILLIE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ll come, won’t you, Eva?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You’ll come, won’t you, Eva?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ll come, won’t you, Eva?”
Chapter 12 of Five Little Bush Girls by E. Lee (Emily Lee) Ryan holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 12 holds 124 sentences of Five Little Bush Girls, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Five Little Bush Girls by E. Lee (Emily Lee) Ryan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 25 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 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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