Chapter 3 of Little Dramas for Primary Grades is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Little Dramas for Primary Grades is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Spring._ At last! Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind. You have kept me waiting too long. Now to work. I must waken the flowers.
Chapter 3 of Little Dramas for Primary Grades is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “I must waken the flowers.”
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading “Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.”
the season of growth
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading “You have kept me waiting too long.”
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading “I must waken the flowers.”
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.”
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.
a wind that blows from the north
In this reading “Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.”
In this reading “You have kept me waiting too long.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Spring._ At last!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading I must waken the flowers.
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have kept me waiting too long.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must waken the flowers.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading You have kept me waiting too long.
immediately past
From this reading _Spring._ At last!
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 You have kept me waiting too long.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You have kept me waiting too long.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must waken the flowers.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now to work.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.
the season of growth
From this reading _Spring._ At last!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I must waken the flowers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now to work.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You have kept me waiting too long.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading You have kept me waiting too long.
cause to become awake or conscious
From this reading I must waken the flowers.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Now to work.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have kept me waiting too long.
Chapter 3 of Little Dramas for Primary Grades by Ada M. (Ada Maria) Skinner holds 40 sentences, grouped into 8 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 3 holds 40 sentences of Little Dramas for Primary Grades, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Little Dramas for Primary Grades by Ada M. (Ada Maria) Skinner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 40 sentences, grouped into 8 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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