Chapter 12 of Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly. 'Biddy, I've had my marching orders. Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale. I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne. Are you coming with me?'
Chapter 12 of Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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adult female chicken
From this reading “The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.”
United States chemist (1839-1903)
From this reading “Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.”
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
From this reading “'Biddy, I've had my marching orders.”
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading “I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.”
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
From this reading “Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.”
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading “I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.”
past form of “tackle” — accept as a challenge
From this reading “The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.”
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
From this reading “I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.”
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 Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you coming with me?'
adult female chicken
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
with boldness, in a bold manner
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Are you coming with me?'
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
United States chemist (1839-1903)
From this reading Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'Biddy, I've had my marching orders.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Biddy, I've had my marching orders.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
From this reading 'Biddy, I've had my marching orders.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Are you coming with me?'
a resort town in east central Florida
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Biddy, I've had my marching orders.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading 'Biddy, I've had my marching orders.
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
From this reading Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
past form of “tackle” — accept as a challenge
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
carry out
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
create by training and teaching
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I take train to Sydney next week and tour the Riverina, the Blue Mountains and the country along the railway line to Melbourne.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Are you coming with me?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you coming with me?'
Chapter 12 of Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Campbell, Mrs. Praed holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 12 holds 151 sentences of Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Campbell, Mrs. Praed exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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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