Chapter 6 of Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house." "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses." "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself. I'll watch you just as close. Won't you, mammy?"
Chapter 6 of Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading “"Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “I'll watch you just as close.”
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading “THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."”
plural of “grass” — narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
From this reading “THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."”
battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
From this reading “"Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.”
look attentively
From this reading “I'll watch you just as close.”
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.
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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 THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I'll watch you just as close.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading I'll watch you just as close.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
plural of “grass” — narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll watch you just as close.
and nothing more
From this reading I'll watch you just as close.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
engage in
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
not any; not one
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
and nothing more
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Please, mammy, only one, and then I can make them for myself.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Go 'long, chile, I done got 'nough to do 'thout makin' no hoppergrass-houses."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THINGS TO MAKE OF COMMON GRASSES A Grasshopper-House "MAMMY, make me a grasshopper-house."
look attentively
From this reading I'll watch you just as close.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Won't you, mammy?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'll watch you just as close.
Chapter 6 of Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls by Lina Beard holds 62 sentences, grouped into 13 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 62 sentences of Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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