Chapter 5 of Peggy Goes Straw Hat is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Peggy Goes Straw Hat is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, thank you.” Peggy smiled. “Our set designer is Gus Stevens. He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother. And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?”
Chapter 5 of Peggy Goes Straw Hat is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?””
a person who specializes in interior design
From this reading ““Our set designer is Gus Stevens.”
plural of “gu” — the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
From this reading ““Our set designer is Gus Stevens.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Peggy smiled.”
United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
From this reading ““Our set designer is Gus Stevens.”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading ““Oh, thank you.””
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In this reading “And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?”
used as intensifiers
From this reading And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?”
a person who specializes in interior design
From this reading “Our set designer is Gus Stevens.
a young female
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?”
plural of “gu” — the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
From this reading “Our set designer is Gus Stevens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Our set designer is Gus Stevens.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, thank you.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Our set designer is Gus Stevens.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peggy smiled.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
cut with a saw
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Our set designer is Gus Stevens.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Peggy smiled.
United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
From this reading “Our set designer is Gus Stevens.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “Oh, thank you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He’s the husband of the girl you saw playing the part of the mother.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And she was awfully good, wasn’t she?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, thank you.”
Chapter 5 of Peggy Goes Straw Hat by Virginia Hughes holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 433 sentences of Peggy Goes Straw Hat, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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