Chapter 3 of Games for Everybody is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Games for Everybody is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GAMES FOR SPECIAL DAYS. JACK FROST. Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this. All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle. Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
Chapter 3 of Games for Everybody is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.”
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading “All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.”
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading “JACK FROST.”
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “GAMES FOR SPECIAL DAYS.”
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading “Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.”
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading “All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.”
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading “Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.”
possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
anew
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
(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 All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading GAMES FOR SPECIAL DAYS.
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading GAMES FOR SPECIAL DAYS.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading JACK FROST.
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading GAMES FOR SPECIAL DAYS.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
a small worthless amount
From this reading JACK FROST.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading GAMES FOR SPECIAL DAYS.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading All form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands in the middle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and touches one child on her right hand, and goes back to his place again.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Around Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this.
Chapter 3 of Games for Everybody by Mary Christiana Hofmann holds 325 sentences, grouped into 65 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 3 holds 325 sentences of Games for Everybody, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
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