Chapter 1 of Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. “Yes. Who sent you?” “Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady.”
Chapter 1 of Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys is here in full — 222 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading ““Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading ““Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “I have got a letter for the lady.””
an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
From this reading ““Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading ““Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading ““Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.”
being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
From this reading ““Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “Who sent you?””
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 “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
a youthful male person
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have got a letter for the lady.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I have got a letter for the lady.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have got a letter for the lady.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have got a letter for the lady.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading I have got a letter for the lady.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mr. Laurence.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading I have got a letter for the lady.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. Laurence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Who sent you?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
which person or people
From this reading “Please, sir, is this Plumfield?” asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Who sent you?”
Chapter 1 of Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott holds 222 sentences, grouped into 45 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.
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