Chapter 4 of Here and Now Story Book is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Here and Now Story Book is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for. He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere. "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head. "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water. So many people and water on every side of them!
Chapter 4 of Here and Now Story Book is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to or in any or all places
From this reading “He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.”
superlative of “funny” — arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “"This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.”
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.”
a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading “"This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.”
in or to any place at all
From this reading “"Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.”
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “"Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.”
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In this reading “"This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.”
In this reading “So many people and water on every side of them!”
In this reading “"This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.”
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 He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
to or in any or all places
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
superlative of “funny” — arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So many people and water on every side of them!
a special situation
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Suddenly Boris remembered what he had come for.
in or at the place that
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
in or to any place at all
From this reading "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading He was looking for the wide green country, for a place where grass grew everywhere.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "This is the funniest thing in the world," he thought scratching his head.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading "Wherever I walk in New York I come to water.
Chapter 4 of Here and Now Story Book by Lucy Sprague Mitchell holds 453 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 4 holds 453 sentences of Here and Now Story Book, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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