Chapter 4 of Leonie of the Jungle is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Leonie of the Jungle is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_. "Well! well! well!" Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron. "Let me have the doggie, darling!" "No!--no!--_no_!
Chapter 4 of Leonie of the Jungle is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
From this reading “Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.”
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
of metal e.g.
From this reading “Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.”
informal terms for dogs
From this reading “"Let me have the doggie, darling!"”
red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw
From this reading “Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.”
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading “Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.”
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
From this reading “"The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.”
past form of “straighten” — straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading “Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
of metal e.g.
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
a special loved one
From this reading "Let me have the doggie, darling!"
informal terms for dogs
From this reading "Let me have the doggie, darling!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Let me have the doggie, darling!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me have the doggie, darling!"
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
a female domestic
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me have the doggie, darling!"
not any; not one
From this reading "No!--no!--_no_!
above and across; more than
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
term of address for a man
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
past form of “straighten” — straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The liberal soul shall be made fat."--_The Bible_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Sir Jonathan walked over to the child and knelt down beside her as the maid rose and straightened her crumpled apron.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well! well! well!"
Chapter 4 of Leonie of the Jungle by Joan Conquest holds 100 sentences, grouped into 20 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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