Chapter 11 of Mates at Billabong is here in full — 281 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Mates at Billabong is here in full — 281 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases! A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?" "To feed the chickens." "May I come with you, my pretty maid?" "Delighted!" said Norah.
Chapter 11 of Mates at Billabong is here in full — 281 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “chicken” — the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading “"To feed the chickens."”
plural of “decrease” — a change downward
From this reading “OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!”
greatly pleased
From this reading “"Delighted!" said Norah.”
provide as food
From this reading “"To feed the chickens."”
a female domestic
From this reading “"May I come with you, my pretty maid?"”
American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)
From this reading “A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!”
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading “OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!”
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 OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
plural of “chicken” — the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading "To feed the chickens."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "May I come with you, my pretty maid?"
plural of “decrease” — a change downward
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
greatly pleased
From this reading "Delighted!" said Norah.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
provide as food
From this reading "To feed the chickens."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "May I come with you, my pretty maid?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
a female domestic
From this reading "May I come with you, my pretty maid?"
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "May I come with you, my pretty maid?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "May I come with you, my pretty maid?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading "May I come with you, my pretty maid?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Delighted!" said Norah.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
in the near future
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
in or at the place that
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "May I come with you, my pretty maid?"
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading OF POULTRY A man would soon wonder how it's done, The stock so soon decreases!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A. B. PATERSON "Where are you off to, Norah?"
Chapter 11 of Mates at Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce holds 281 sentences, grouped into 57 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 11 holds 281 sentences of Mates at Billabong, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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