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Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin

Chapter X

Chapter 10 of Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade • Curated US English Learning Edition
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HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.
She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.
"Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.
"And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."
Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.
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Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin

Chapter X

Chapter 10 of Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.
Line 2
She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.
/ʃiː rʌʃt ˈɪntuː ðə haʊs ənd pʊt ɑːn hɜːr skiːz ðen skɪmd əˈkrɔːs ðə fiːldz wɪð lɔːŋ straɪdz/
Line 3
"Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.
/ˈevriθɪŋ ɪz ˈredi ʃiː toʊld hɜːr ˈfɑːðər æz suːn æz ʃiː riːtʃt hɪm/
Line 4
"And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."
/ənd naʊ wiː ʃæl hæv ə ˈlʌvli ˈkrɪsməs bɪˈkɔːz juː hæv kʌm/
Line 5
Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.
/jes ˈevriθɪŋ wɑːz ˈredi fɔːr ðə ˈɡreɪtəst deɪ ʌv ðə jɪr/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Christmas noun US /ˈkrɪsməs/

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

From this reading “"And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fields noun US /fiːldz/

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
holiday noun US /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading “HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Mari noun US /ˈmɑːri/

a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia

From this reading “HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rushed adjective US /rʌʃt/

done under pressure

From this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
skimmed adjective US /skɪmd/

used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

From this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
skis noun US /skiːz/

plural of “ski” — narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow

From this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
strides noun US /straɪdz/

plural of “stride” — a step in walking or running

From this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

across the fields preposition + article + noun counted as “across … fields”

In this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

2,327 times in 426,211 chapters
stood looking verb + noun

In this reading “HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.”

9,738 times in 426,211 chapters
long strides adjective + noun counted as “long stride”

In this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

1,168 times in 426,211 chapters
put on verb + particle

put clothing on one's body

In this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

49,426 times in 426,211 chapters
into the house preposition + article + noun counted as “into … house”

In this reading “She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.”

19,710 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 54

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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ChristmasnounUS /ˈkrɪsməs/

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
comingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
criedverbUS /kraɪd/

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FATHER'SnounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/

possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fieldsnounUS /fiːldz/

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
FROLICS

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

Pending verification
greatestadjectiveUS /ˈɡreɪtəst/

highest in quality

From this reading Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
HOLIDAYnounUS /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
housenounUS /haʊs/

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

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 She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lovelyadjectiveUS /ˈlʌvli/

appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MarinounUS /ˈmɑːri/

a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
putverbUS /pʊt/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
reachedverbUS /riːtʃt/

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
readyadjectiveUS /ˈredi/

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rushedadjectiveUS /rʌʃt/

done under pressure

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
skimmedadjectiveUS /skɪmd/

used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
skisnounUS /skiːz/

plural of “ski” — narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
snow-coveredadjective

covered with snow

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
soonadverbUS /suːn/

in the near future

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

Velmora curated lexicon
stridesnounUS /straɪdz/

plural of “stride” — a step in walking or running

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toldverbUS /toʊld/

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading "Everything is ready," she told her father as soon as she reached him.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
valleynounUS /ˈvæli/

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading HOLIDAY FROLICS "FATHER'S coming, father's coming!" cried Mari as she stood looking down the snow-covered valley.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading She rushed into the house and put on her skis, then skimmed across the fields with long strides.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
yearnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
YesnounUS /jes/

an affirmative

From this reading Yes, everything was ready for the greatest day of the year.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "And now we shall have a lovely Christmas because you have come."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 10 of Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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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