Chapter 7 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm. “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.” “Well, that boy’s fixed.” Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed. “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
Chapter 7 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading ““Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.”
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
From this reading “Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading ““Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.”
a Hebrew minor prophet
From this reading ““Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.””
plural of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading ““Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.”
doing arduous or unpleasant work
From this reading “Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.”
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 “Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “Well, that boy’s fixed.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading “Well, that boy’s fixed.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
a Hebrew minor prophet
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
plural of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Hush, hush,” said Mrs. Peters, catching his arm.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
having a pattern of dots
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
carry out
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Well, that boy’s fixed.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
doing arduous or unpleasant work
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Peters came toiling up the cellar stairs and into the wash-shed.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, that boy’s fixed.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “So he’s quiet about some work to do.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yes, you may have two, only you must take specked ones, Joel.”
Chapter 7 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House by Margaret Sidney holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 7 holds 435 sentences of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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