Chapter 20 of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame. “The dearest little house mamma! I wish I could live in one! “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper. “Not a bit of it!”
Chapter 20 of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 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.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading ““Not a bit of it!””
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading ““Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.”
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading ““Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading ““The dearest little house mamma!”
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading ““Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.”
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading ““Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading ““The dearest little house mamma!”
plural of “pepper” — climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
From this reading ““Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.”
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 “Not a bit of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
(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 “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Not a bit of it!”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I wish I could live in one!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “The dearest little house mamma!
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish I could live in one!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I wish I could live in one!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I wish I could live in one!
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “The dearest little house mamma!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not a bit of it!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Not a bit of it!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I wish I could live in one!
plural of “pepper” — climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh, the little brown house,” cried Dicky, his cheeks all a-flame.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish I could live in one!
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Twouldn't be the same without the Peppers in it,” said Jasper.
Chapter 20 of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney holds 169 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 20 holds 169 sentences of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
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