Chapter 3 of Our Little Hawaiian Cousin is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Our Little Hawaiian Cousin is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SURF-RIDING. AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself. He goes with the party to the beach. Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand. Look!
Chapter 3 of Our Little Hawaiian Cousin is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “He goes with the party to the beach.”
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.”
a variable color averaging a deep pink
From this reading “Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.”
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading “AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.”
a companion at play
From this reading “AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.”
In this reading “Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
at or in the front
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading He goes with the party to the beach.
a youthful male person
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
a variable color averaging a deep pink
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading He goes with the party to the beach.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He goes with the party to the beach.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look!
held dear
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading He goes with the party to the beach.
a companion at play
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SURF-RIDING.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He goes with the party to the beach.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He goes with the party to the beach.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUWAE has a loved playmate, Upa, a boy a little older than herself.
a Caucasian
From this reading Carrying their surf-boards under their arms, the two children hurry ahead to the beach of shining white coral sand.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He goes with the party to the beach.
Chapter 3 of Our Little Hawaiian Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade holds 74 sentences, grouped into 15 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 3 holds 74 sentences of Our Little Hawaiian Cousin, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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