Chapter 2 of Our Little Hindu Cousin is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Our Little Hindu Cousin is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him. "Lazy one, listen! I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come. Hasten! We will be the first to see them!"
Chapter 2 of Our Little Hindu Cousin is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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only a very short time before
From this reading “CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.”
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.”
An unroofed area that is completely or partially enclosed by the walls of a house.
From this reading “I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.”
plural of “goat” — any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
From this reading “I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.”
act or move at high speed
From this reading “Hasten!”
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.”
moving slowly and gently
From this reading “"Lazy one, listen!”
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading “CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.”
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 “CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.”
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.”
In this reading “I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.”
In this reading “I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.”
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 CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
only a very short time before
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We will be the first to see them!"
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
next to; at the side of
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
An unroofed area that is completely or partially enclosed by the walls of a house.
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We will be the first to see them!"
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
plural of “goat” — any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
act or move at high speed
From this reading Hasten!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
moving slowly and gently
From this reading "Lazy one, listen!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
hear with intention
From this reading "Lazy one, listen!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Lazy one, listen!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We will be the first to see them!"
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We will be the first to see them!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We will be the first to see them!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will be the first to see them!"
at the time that
From this reading CHOLA AT HOME IT was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will be the first to see them!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come.
Chapter 2 of Our Little Hindu Cousin by Blanche McManus holds 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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 2 holds 97 sentences of Our Little Hindu Cousin, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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