Chapter 25 of Six little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Six little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers. "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker. "Merry Christmas!" "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow. And such a jolly Christmas as it was!
Chapter 25 of Six little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.”
a hazard on a golf course
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.”
plural of “bunker” — a hazard on a golf course
From this reading “THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.”
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.”
past form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.”
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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 such a jolly Christmas as it was!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
a hazard on a golf course
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
plural of “bunker” — a hazard on a golf course
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
someone who is a detective
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And such a jolly Christmas as it was!
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading And such a jolly Christmas as it was!
immediately past
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" answered Grandpa and Grandma Ford and Daddy and Mother Bunker.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And such a jolly Christmas as it was!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GHOST AT LAST "Merry Christmas!" called the six little Bunkers.
past form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And such a jolly Christmas as it was!
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Merry Christmas!" called Dick as he tramped in from the barn, all covered with snow.
Chapter 25 of Six little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's by Laura Lee Hope holds 194 sentences, grouped into 39 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 25 holds 194 sentences of Six little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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