Chapter 5 of Neesby Court is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Neesby Court is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. Milly's birthday had arrived at last. The weather was beautiful. We were all wildly excited. We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
Chapter 5 of Neesby Court is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “Milly's birthday had arrived at last.”
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
From this reading “THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “We were all wildly excited.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “The weather was beautiful.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “We were all wildly excited.”
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.
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In this reading “We were all wildly excited.”
a party held on the anniversary of someone's birth
In this reading “THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.”
reach a destination, either real or abstract
In this reading “Milly's birthday had arrived at last.”
In this reading “We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
(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 We were all wildly excited.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Milly's birthday had arrived at last.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Milly's birthday had arrived at last.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading The weather was beautiful.
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
From this reading THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading We were all wildly excited.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Milly's birthday had arrived at last.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
immediately past
From this reading Milly's birthday had arrived at last.
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From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Milly's birthday had arrived at last.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The weather was beautiful.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We girls ran about, helping, we said, but Martha sent us off into the garden out of her way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were all wildly excited.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather was beautiful.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were all wildly excited.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading We were all wildly excited.
Chapter 5 of Neesby Court by Ethel S. Cann holds 315 sentences, grouped into 63 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 5 holds 315 sentences of Neesby Court, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.
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