Chapter 5 of Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A HOME STATION--WHAT MRS. BULLER THOUGHT OF IT--WHAT MAJOR BULLER THOUGHT OF IT. Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place. "There was always something going on." "Somebody was always dropping in."
Chapter 5 of Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “"Somebody was always dropping in."”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.”
full of life and energy
From this reading “Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.”
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “BULLER THOUGHT OF IT--WHAT MAJOR BULLER THOUGHT OF IT.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"Somebody was always dropping in."”
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.”
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “A HOME STATION--WHAT MRS.”
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 A HOME STATION--WHAT MRS.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "There was always something going on."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BULLER THOUGHT OF IT--WHAT MAJOR BULLER THOUGHT OF IT.
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading "Somebody was always dropping in."
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
the act of departing
From this reading "There was always something going on."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading A HOME STATION--WHAT MRS.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BULLER THOUGHT OF IT--WHAT MAJOR BULLER THOUGHT OF IT.
full of life and energy
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading BULLER THOUGHT OF IT--WHAT MAJOR BULLER THOUGHT OF IT.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading A HOME STATION--WHAT MRS.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BULLER THOUGHT OF IT--WHAT MAJOR BULLER THOUGHT OF IT.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "There was always something going on."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Somebody was always dropping in."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "There was always something going on."
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading A HOME STATION--WHAT MRS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There was always something going on."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading BULLER THOUGHT OF IT--WHAT MAJOR BULLER THOUGHT OF IT.
precisely as stated
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Riflebury, in the south of England--our next station--was a very lively place.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading A HOME STATION--WHAT MRS.
Chapter 5 of Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls by Juliana Horatia Ewing holds 71 sentences, grouped into 15 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 71 sentences of Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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