Chapter 15 of Sally in her fur coat is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Sally in her fur coat is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day. ‘Isn’t that awful?’ ‘Are you sure they’ve got one?’ ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’ ‘You’ve seen him?’
Chapter 15 of Sally in her fur coat is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “‘Isn’t that awful?’”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.”
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
From this reading “‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’”
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading “SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.”
witty remark
From this reading “SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “‘Are you sure they’ve got one?’”
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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 SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Are you sure they’ve got one?’
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading ‘Isn’t that awful?’
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From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Isn’t that awful?’
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
witty remark
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
express in words
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading ‘Are you sure they’ve got one?’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Isn’t that awful?’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Are you sure they’ve got one?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SALLY AND SPOT ‘The Conants have got a dog,’ Sally said to Oxford one day.
an affirmative
From this reading ‘Yes, I heard Miss Harvey say so, and I’ve seen him.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Are you sure they’ve got one?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘You’ve seen him?’
Chapter 15 of Sally in her fur coat by Eliza Orne White holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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