Chapter 11 of Mrs. Bindle is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Mrs. Bindle is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one. Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill. "E. B. "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
Chapter 11 of Mrs. Bindle is here in full — 376 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “dinner” — the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.”
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading “Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.”
plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading “BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.”
cause to run
From this reading “Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.”
a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
From this reading “BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.”
a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
From this reading “Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.”
cooked in hot water
From this reading “Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.”
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading “Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.”
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In this reading “Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading "E. B.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
coldness due to a cold environment
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
possessive form of “dinner” — the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading "E. B.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
destroyed or killed
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
cause to run
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
cooked in hot water
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Don't forget to put water into the empty saucepans or they will burn."
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Empty the stewed steak into the yellow pie-dish and the potatoes into the blue vegetable dish and pour water into the saucepans afterwards I've gone to bed--I am feeling ill.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BINDLE TAKES A CHILL I "Your dinner's in the large black saucepan and the potatoes in the blue one.
Chapter 11 of Mrs. Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins holds 376 sentences, grouped into 76 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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