Chapter 12 of Five Little Peppers Grown Up is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Five Little Peppers Grown Up is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. "O, Pickering!" Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands. "Why did Jencks put you in here?" "I asked to come in here," said Pickering.
Chapter 12 of Five Little Peppers Grown Up is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 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.
in actual fact
From this reading “Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"I asked to come in here," said Pickering.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.”
fully extended especially in length
From this reading “Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “"Why did Jencks put you in here?"”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.”
plural of “try” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.”
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in actual fact
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "I asked to come in here," said Pickering.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I asked to come in here," said Pickering.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Why did Jencks put you in here?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Why did Jencks put you in here?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I asked to come in here," said Pickering.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Why did Jencks put you in here?"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why did Jencks put you in here?"
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O, Pickering!"
fully extended especially in length
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O, Pickering!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Why did Jencks put you in here?"
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
precisely, exactly
From this reading POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I asked to come in here," said Pickering.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
plural of “try” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading POLLY TRIES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why did Jencks put you in here?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Polly actually ran into the drawing-room with outstretched hands.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why did Jencks put you in here?"
Chapter 12 of Five Little Peppers Grown Up by Margaret Sidney holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 12 holds 178 sentences of Five Little Peppers Grown Up, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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