Chapter 2 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe is here in full — 26 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe is here in full — 26 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ITALY. "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy. "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily. "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you." Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
Chapter 2 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe is here in full — 26 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “"Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.”
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
From this reading “Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “"If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.”
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
From this reading “ITALY.”
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
From this reading “"Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.”
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “"Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “"If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.”
the Italian region on the island of Sicily
From this reading “"Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
at any time
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
feel or handle with the fingers
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
From this reading ITALY.
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
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 "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
not any; not one
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
the Italian region on the island of Sicily
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
in the near future
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "If I could have such another funny dream!" said Lucy.
express in words
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
having three corners
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucy was soon curled in her chair; but no, she wasn't!
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, Missie, that I have; come out of this cold room and I'll tell you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mother Bunch, have you ever been to Italy?" and she put her finger on the long leg and foot, kicking at three-cornered Sicily.
Chapter 2 of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 26 sentences, grouped into 6 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 2 holds 26 sentences of Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe, unabridged, divided into 6 reading sections.
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