Chapter 5 of Phronsie Pepper is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Phronsie Pepper is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAN SHE GO TO MRS. KING’S RECEPTION? “I’ll ask Uncle Carroll. Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me? Please say yes.”
Chapter 5 of Phronsie Pepper is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ““I’ll ask Uncle Carroll.”
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me?”
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading ““I’ll ask Uncle Carroll.”
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading “Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me?”
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please say yes.””
the manner in which something is greeted
From this reading “KING’S RECEPTION?”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading ““I’ll ask Uncle Carroll.”
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “I’ll ask Uncle Carroll.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading CAN SHE GO TO MRS.
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading “I’ll ask Uncle Carroll.
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
From this reading Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading CAN SHE GO TO MRS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll ask Uncle Carroll.
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading KING’S RECEPTION?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading CAN SHE GO TO MRS.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please say yes.”
the manner in which something is greeted
From this reading KING’S RECEPTION?
express in words
From this reading Please say yes.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CAN SHE GO TO MRS.
carry out
From this reading Uncle Carroll, sha’n’t Aunt Fay take me?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CAN SHE GO TO MRS.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “I’ll ask Uncle Carroll.
an affirmative
From this reading Please say yes.”
Chapter 5 of Phronsie Pepper by Margaret Sidney holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 188 sentences of Phronsie Pepper, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Phronsie Pepper by Margaret Sidney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 188 sentences, grouped into 38 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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