Chapter 6 of Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously. "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath. Dot smiled serenely. "I came back myself," she informed them. "The jitney man told me how."
Chapter 6 of Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.”
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading “"Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “"Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.”
a very small circular shape
From this reading “"Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.”
having much knowledge or education
From this reading “"I came back myself," she informed them.”
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
From this reading “"The jitney man told me how."”
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading “BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.”
in a peacefully serene manner
From this reading “Dot smiled serenely.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I came back myself," she informed them.
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I came back myself," she informed them.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
a very small circular shape
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The jitney man told me how."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I came back myself," she informed them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
having much knowledge or education
From this reading "I came back myself," she informed them.
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
From this reading "The jitney man told me how."
immediately past
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "The jitney man told me how."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "The jitney man told me how."
the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "I came back myself," she informed them.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
in a peacefully serene manner
From this reading Dot smiled serenely.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I came back myself," she informed them.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Dot smiled serenely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I came back myself," she informed them.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "The jitney man told me how."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where did you find Dot?" asked Bobby and Twaddles in the same breath.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BROOKSIDE AT LAST "We thought you weren't coming," said Meg anxiously.
Chapter 6 of Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Mabel C. Hawley holds 106 sentences, grouped into 22 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 6 holds 106 sentences of Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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