Chapter 5 of Red Pepper Burns is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Red Pepper Burns is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“RED.” “Yes?” “Are you through with that rabble? Can you 'tend to a friend?” Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
Chapter 5 of Red Pepper Burns is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.”
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading “Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.”
add pepper to
From this reading “Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.”
a disorderly crowd of people
From this reading ““Are you through with that rabble?”
-ing form of “revolve” — turn on or around an axis or a center
From this reading “Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.”
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
From this reading “Can you 'tend to a friend?””
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading “Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.”
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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 Can you 'tend to a friend?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you through with that rabble?
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you 'tend to a friend?”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Can you 'tend to a friend?”
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
add pepper to
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
a disorderly crowd of people
From this reading “Are you through with that rabble?
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “RED.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
-ing form of “revolve” — turn on or around an axis or a center
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
From this reading Can you 'tend to a friend?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Are you through with that rabble?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “Are you through with that rabble?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Can you 'tend to a friend?”
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading Redfield Pepper Burns wheeled around in his revolving chair and glanced sharply at Arthur Chester.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Are you through with that rabble?
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you through with that rabble?
Chapter 5 of Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 196 sentences of Red Pepper Burns, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
Work through the 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 252 minutes of reading across 606 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Red Pepper Burns section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Red Pepper Burns, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
