Chapter 5 of Sixpenny Pieces is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Sixpenny Pieces is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"P.S.—Boy got 6d. Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter. Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger? They tell me it is good. "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
Chapter 5 of Sixpenny Pieces is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “"The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.”
botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
From this reading “Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.”
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading “"The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.”
take in liquids
From this reading “Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.”
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a brown that is light but unsaturated
In this reading “Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.”
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From this reading "P.S.—Boy got 6d.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
a youthful male person
From this reading "P.S.—Boy got 6d.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading "P.S.—Boy got 6d.
a female human offspring
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
take in liquids
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading They tell me it is good.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "P.S.—Boy got 6d.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They tell me it is good.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They tell me it is good.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They tell me it is good.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading "P.S.—Boy got 6d.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "P.S.—Boy got 6d.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
express in words
From this reading They tell me it is good.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They tell me it is good.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served
From this reading Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same.
Chapter 5 of Sixpenny Pieces by A. Neil (Albert Neil) Lyons holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 415 sentences of Sixpenny Pieces, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Sixpenny Pieces by A. Neil (Albert Neil) Lyons exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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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