Chapter 24 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NEW ARRIVAL. Mother had gone away. In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before. But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant. Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.
Chapter 24 of Five Little Bush Girls is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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accomplishment of an objective
From this reading “A NEW ARRIVAL.”
unvarying in nature
From this reading “But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.”
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading “Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.”
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.”
plural of “housekeeper” — a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
From this reading “Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.”
the literary culture
From this reading “But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.”
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 “A NEW ARRIVAL.”
In this reading “In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.”
In this reading “But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A NEW ARRIVAL.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading A NEW ARRIVAL.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Mother had gone away.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
unvarying in nature
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Mother had gone away.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mother had gone away.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
plural of “housekeeper” — a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
From this reading Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
go away from a place
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
the literary culture
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mother had gone away.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A NEW ARRIVAL.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Gibson and Mollie were housekeepers, and all the others helped.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
precisely as stated
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading But she had gone now for a whole fortnight, and her letters were very constant.
a late time of life
From this reading In all the years of their life they had never known Mother to leave them before.
Chapter 24 of Five Little Bush Girls by E. Lee (Emily Lee) Ryan holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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 24 holds 102 sentences of Five Little Bush Girls, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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