Chapter 6 of Peggy's Giant is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Peggy's Giant is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FE-FO-FUM! Nurse looked very worried indeed. “So had I,” she said. “We must have gone too fast for him!” And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
Chapter 6 of Peggy's Giant is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading ““We must have gone too fast for him!””
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.”
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “Nurse looked very worried indeed.”
the upper part of anything
From this reading “And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.”
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading “Nurse looked very worried indeed.”
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 “And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.”
In this reading “And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.”
In this reading “Nurse looked very worried indeed.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FE-FO-FUM!
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
destroyed or killed
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “So had I,” she said.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “So had I,” she said.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Nurse looked very worried indeed.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Nurse looked very worried indeed.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading Nurse looked very worried indeed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “So had I,” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “So had I,” she said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So had I,” she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
the upper part of anything
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading And she flew up on to the top of a tree and gazed away across the hills.
precisely as stated
From this reading Nurse looked very worried indeed.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We must have gone too fast for him!”
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading Nurse looked very worried indeed.
Chapter 6 of Peggy's Giant by Mary D. Maitland Kelly holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 131 sentences of Peggy's Giant, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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