Chapter 7 of Golden Dicky, The Story of a Canary and His Friends is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Golden Dicky, The Story of a Canary and His Friends is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!” I exclaimed. “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is! The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another. Do you keep the same mate?”
Chapter 7 of Golden Dicky, The Story of a Canary and His Friends is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading ““You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!”
(used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
From this reading “CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!””
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “Do you keep the same mate?””
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading “CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!””
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading “The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.”
offering safety; well protected or concealed
From this reading “CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!””
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading “CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!””
marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
From this reading “The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.”
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 “CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!””
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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 CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
(used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you keep the same mate?”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading I exclaimed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I exclaimed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Do you keep the same mate?”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading Do you keep the same mate?”
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Do you keep the same mate?”
express in words
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
offering safety; well protected or concealed
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL “Oh, how snug!”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading The old birds say they like to see a bird tidy his nest from one year to another.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You have a little hall and a bedroom, and how clean it is!
Chapter 7 of Golden Dicky, The Story of a Canary and His Friends by Marshall Saunders holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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 176 sentences of Golden Dicky, The Story of a Canary and His Friends, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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