Chapter 5 of Goose Creek Folks is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Goose Creek Folks is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Talitha slipped away to find Martin. She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base. How tall and manly he looked. “Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her. “Did we surprise you?”
Chapter 5 of Goose Creek Folks is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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installation from which a military force initiates operations
From this reading “She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.”
cheerful and bright
From this reading ““Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her.”
past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading “She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.”
incapability of existing or occurring
From this reading “She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.”
possessing qualities befitting a man
From this reading “How tall and manly he looked.”
a wrapped container
From this reading “She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.”
a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading ““Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her.”
-ing form of “tuck” — fit snugly into
From this reading “She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.”
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.
leave furtively and stealthily
In this reading “Talitha slipped away to find Martin.”
In this reading “She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.”
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 She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
Having no one else present.
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Talitha slipped away to find Martin.
installation from which a military force initiates operations
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
cheerful and bright
From this reading “Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did we surprise you?”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Talitha slipped away to find Martin.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How tall and manly he looked.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How tall and manly he looked.
incapability of existing or occurring
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading How tall and manly he looked.
possessing qualities befitting a man
From this reading How tall and manly he looked.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading Talitha slipped away to find Martin.
come together
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her.
a wrapped container
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading Talitha slipped away to find Martin.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “Did we surprise you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Talitha slipped away to find Martin.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading How tall and manly he looked.
a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading “Oh, Tally!” he exclaimed, beaming at her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Talitha slipped away to find Martin.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
-ing form of “tuck” — fit snugly into
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She wanted to meet him alone, although that seemed an impossibility, but she darted around the tree and caught him tucking away a parcel under the branches at the base.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Did we surprise you?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did we surprise you?”
Chapter 5 of Goose Creek Folks by Isabel Graham Bush holds 455 sentences, grouped into 91 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 5 holds 455 sentences of Goose Creek Folks, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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