Chapter 6 of Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Where is your mother? Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked. Bert's face grew sober in a moment. "That's the question: why don't I? I'll tell you why I don't.
Chapter 6 of Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.”
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.”
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “Bert's face grew sober in a moment.”
a particular point in time
From this reading “Bert's face grew sober in a moment.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “"Where is your mother?”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “"That's the question: why don't I?”
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “Bert's face grew sober in a moment.”
express in words
From this reading “I'll tell you why I don't.”
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 Bert's face grew sober in a moment.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bert's face grew sober in a moment.
have supper; eat dinner
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Bert's face grew sober in a moment.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Bert's face grew sober in a moment.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That's the question: why don't I?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll tell you why I don't.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bert's face grew sober in a moment.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Where is your mother?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
a particular point in time
From this reading Bert's face grew sober in a moment.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Where is your mother?
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "That's the question: why don't I?
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading Bert's face grew sober in a moment.
express in words
From this reading I'll tell you why I don't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's the question: why don't I?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where is your mother?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why don't you dine with her?" the little man asked.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where is your mother?
Chapter 6 of Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 398 sentences of Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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