Chapter 9 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast. “A begging person?” Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path. “Why, it’s Polly Pepper!” And she ran out after her.
Chapter 9 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
From this reading ““Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.”
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading ““Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.”
a course of conduct
From this reading “Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.”
-ing form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading “Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.”
add pepper to
From this reading ““Why, it’s Polly Pepper!””
in the near future
From this reading “Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.”
for a short time
From this reading ““Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.”
close violently
From this reading ““Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.”
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In this reading ““Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.”
In this reading ““Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.”
become used up; be exhausted
In this reading “And she ran out after her.”
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 “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
later than; following
From this reading And she ran out after her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And she ran out after her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it’s Polly Pepper!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
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 “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And she ran out after her.
a course of conduct
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
-ing form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
add pepper to
From this reading “Why, it’s Polly Pepper!”
a human being
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it’s Polly Pepper!”
in the near future
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading And she ran out after her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she ran out after her.
for a short time
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
close violently
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
hard to endure
From this reading “Oh, some sort o’ a begging person,” said Miss Jerusha, shortly, and trying to slam the door fast.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Henderson being of another mind about the big door, was presently peering down the path.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, it’s Polly Pepper!”
Chapter 9 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House by Margaret Sidney holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 9 holds 442 sentences of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Five little Peppers in the Little Brown House by Margaret Sidney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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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