Growing Up

Chapter V

Chapter 5 of Growing Up is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Nathaniel, Mrs. Conklin • Curated US English Learning Edition

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And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

Lifting the coarse towel she peeped, then she touched; another touch brought a crumb, such a delicious crumb; another, and another, and another delicious crumb, and the crust of one end of a loaf was all picked off.

“Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

Then she covered it carefully, standing spellbound.

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Chapter V Reading 1/81

Growing Up

Chapter V

Chapter 5 of Growing Up is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

Line 2

For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

/fɔːr ə slaɪs ʌv ðɪs ʃiː mʌst weɪt ənˈtɪl təˈmɑːroʊ naɪt/

Line 3

/ˈlɪftɪŋ ðə kɔːrs ˈtaʊəl ʃiː piːpt ðen ʃiː tʌtʃt əˈnʌðər tʌtʃ brɔːt ə krʌm sʌtʃ ə dɪˈlɪʃəs krʌm əˈnʌðər ənd əˈnʌðər ənd əˈnʌðər dɪˈlɪʃəs krʌm ənd ðə krʌst ʌv wʌn end ʌv ə loʊf wɑːz ɔːl pɪkt ɔːf/

Line 4

“Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

/oʊ ˈdɪri miː kraɪd ˈdʒuːdəθ ɪn dɪˈsmeɪ/

Line 5

Then she covered it carefully, standing spellbound.

/ðen ʃiː ˈkʌvərd ɪt ˈkerfəli ˈstændɪŋ ˈspelbaʊnd/

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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

crumb noun US /krʌm/

a very small quantity of something

From this reading “Lifting the coarse towel she peeped, then she touched; another touch brought a crumb, such a delicious crumb; another, and another, and another delicious crumb, and the crust of one end of a loaf was all picked off.”

crust noun US /krʌst/

the outer layer of the Earth

deary noun US /ˈdɪri/

a special loved one

From this reading ““Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.”

loaf noun US /loʊf/

a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

peeped verb US /piːpt/

past form of “peep” — look furtively

slice noun US /slaɪs/

a share of something

From this reading “For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.”

spellbound adjective US /ˈspelbaʊnd/

having your attention fixated as though by a spell

From this reading “Then she covered it carefully, standing spellbound.”

towel noun US /ˈtaʊəl/

a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

wait until verb + particle

In this reading “For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.”

tomorrow night noun + noun

In this reading “For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.”

until tomorrow preposition + noun

In this reading “For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.”

on the table preposition + article + noun counted as “on … table”

able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise

In this reading “And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.”

in dismay preposition + noun

In this reading ““Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 Lifting the coarse towel she peeped, then she touched; another touch brought a crumb, such a delicious crumb; another, and another, and another delicious crumb, and the crust of one end of a loaf was all picked off.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

AuntnounUS /ænt/

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

broughtverbUS /brɔːt/

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

carefullyadverbUS /ˈkerfəli/

taking care or paying attention

From this reading Then she covered it carefully, standing spellbound.

coarseadjectiveUS /kɔːrs/

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

coveredadjectiveUS /ˈkʌvərd/

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading Then she covered it carefully, standing spellbound.

criedverbUS /kraɪd/

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading “Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

crumbnounUS /krʌm/

a very small quantity of something

crustnounUS /krʌst/

the outer layer of the Earth

dearynounUS /ˈdɪri/

a special loved one

From this reading “Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

deliciousadjectiveUS /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

greatly pleasing or entertaining

dismaynounUS /dɪˈsmeɪ/

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

From this reading “Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

freshadjectiveUS /freʃ/

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading “Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

JudithnounUS /ˈdʒuːdəθ/

Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes

From this reading “Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

LiftingverbUS /ˈlɪftɪŋ/

-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position

loafnounUS /loʊf/

a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

nightnounUS /naɪt/

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

offadverbUS /ɔːf/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

OhnounUS /oʊ/

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading “Oh, deary _me_!” cried Judith, in dismay.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

peepedverbUS /piːpt/

past form of “peep” — look furtively

pickedverbUS /pɪkt/

past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group

putverbUS /pʊt/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

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From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

slicenounUS /slaɪs/

a share of something

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

spellboundadjectiveUS /ˈspelbaʊnd/

having your attention fixated as though by a spell

From this reading Then she covered it carefully, standing spellbound.

standingadjectiveUS /ˈstændɪŋ/

having a supporting base

From this reading Then she covered it carefully, standing spellbound.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

tablenounUS /ˈteɪbəl/

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

tomorrownounUS /təˈmɑːroʊ/

the day after today

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

touchverbUS /tʌtʃ/

make physical contact with, come in contact with

touchedadjectiveUS /tʌtʃt/

having come into contact

towelnounUS /ˈtaʊəl/

a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

waitverbUS /weɪt/

stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading For a slice of this she must wait until tomorrow night.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading And Aunt Rody never _would_ put it on the table fresh.

Chapter 5 of Growing Up by Nathaniel, Mrs. Conklin holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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.

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Chapter 5 holds 409 sentences of Growing Up, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.

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