Chapter 6 of Peggy in Toyland is here in full — 466 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Peggy in Toyland is here in full — 466 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse. One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was. There was no time to explain what he had been doing. Every moment was of value. “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
Chapter 6 of Peggy in Toyland is here in full — 466 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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moving forward
From this reading “One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.”
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading ““There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.”
past form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace
From this reading “XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.”
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
From this reading ““There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.”
plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading “XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.”
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading “Every moment was of value.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.”
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading “One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.”
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 “One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.”
In this reading “XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.”
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moving forward
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every moment was of value.
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
past form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
a particular point in time
From this reading Every moment was of value.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s cavalry and infantry coming up,” he said to Colonel Jim.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading There was no time to explain what he had been doing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading Every moment was of value.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading One glance at the advancing wave of wooden soldiers showed him what the position was.
the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
From this reading XVII THE BATTLE Teddy galloped up to them and threw himself off his horse.
Chapter 6 of Peggy in Toyland by Archibald Marshall holds 466 sentences, grouped into 94 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 6 holds 466 sentences of Peggy in Toyland, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
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