Chapter 27 of Old Farm Fairies is here in full — 15 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Old Farm Fairies is here in full — 15 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=Note A, p. 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms. =Note B, p. 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed. =Note C, p.
Chapter 27 of Old Farm Fairies is here in full — 15 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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harmed
From this reading “62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.”
past form of “molest” — harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
From this reading “62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.”
plural of “snare” — something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
From this reading “62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.”
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading “62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.”
plural of “spider” — predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading “62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.”
plural of “storm” — a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
From this reading “62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.”
interlace by or as if by weaving
From this reading “62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.”
plural of “web” — an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading “62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.”
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In this reading “62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.”
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From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading =Note A, p.
experiencing a sudden sense of danger
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading =Note B, p.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading =Note C, p.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
spoiled or ruined or demolished
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
an established custom
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
harmed
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
past form of “molest” — harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
a brief written record
From this reading =Note A, p.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
many times at short intervals
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading =Note A, p.
plural of “snare” — something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
plural of “spider” — predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
plural of “storm” — a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
interlace by or as if by weaving
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
plural of “web” — an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
at the time that
From this reading 62.=--A common habit of ground spiders and those that weave snares upon the ground is to thus hide themselves when molested or alarmed.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading 62.=--Spider webs are often destroyed or injured by wind storms.
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