Chapter 20 of Mrs. Peter Rabbit is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Mrs. Peter Rabbit is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing. There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth. 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth. Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit was finding this out.
Chapter 20 of Mrs. Peter Rabbit is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “birdie” — (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
From this reading “'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.”
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading “Peter Rabbit was finding this out.”
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading “'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.”
great merriment
From this reading “'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.”
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading “Peter Rabbit.”
deliver by singing
From this reading “'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.”
plural of “teach” — an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
From this reading “'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.”
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.”
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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 LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
plural of “birdie” — (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading Peter Rabbit was finding this out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
great merriment
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Peter Rabbit was finding this out.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading Peter Rabbit.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading Peter Rabbit.
deliver by singing
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
plural of “teach” — an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's nothing quite like it on all the green earth.
a special situation
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Peter Rabbit was finding this out.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Peter Rabbit was finding this out.
plural of “whisper” — speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading 'Tis love in the heart teaches birdies to sing, And gives the wide world all its joy and its mirth.
an affirmative
From this reading LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES” Love is a beautiful, wonderful thing.
Chapter 20 of Mrs. Peter Rabbit by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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 20 holds 37 sentences of Mrs. Peter Rabbit, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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