Chapter 8 of Noel's Christmas tree is here in full — 269 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Noel's Christmas tree is here in full — 269 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer! You're only picking rubbish. We want to get to the wild strawberries!" "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish! I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
Chapter 8 of Noel's Christmas tree is here in full — 269 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an incompetent or clumsy person
From this reading “The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!”
take the place of work of someone on strike
From this reading “I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."”
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading “"I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading “You're only picking rubbish.”
plural of “rescuer” — a person who rescues you from harm or danger
From this reading “The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!”
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading “You're only picking rubbish.”
plural of “strawberry” — sweet fleshy red fruit
From this reading “We want to get to the wild strawberries!"”
inflected form of “tar” — coat with tar
From this reading “"I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!”
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 want to get to the wild strawberries!"”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
an incompetent or clumsy person
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
take the place of work of someone on strike
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
and nothing more
From this reading You're only picking rubbish.
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading You're only picking rubbish.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
plural of “rescuer” — a person who rescues you from harm or danger
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading You're only picking rubbish.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
plural of “strawberry” — sweet fleshy red fruit
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
inflected form of “tar” — coat with tar
From this reading "I'm tarred, and moss isn't rubbish!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading I fink I shall put it round my Chris'mas tree."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading We want to get to the wild strawberries!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Little Rescuers "Come on, you little duffer!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're only picking rubbish.
Chapter 8 of Noel's Christmas tree by Amy Le Feuvre holds 269 sentences, grouped into 54 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 8 holds 269 sentences of Noel's Christmas tree, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Noel's Christmas tree by Amy Le Feuvre exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 269 sentences, grouped into 54 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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