Chapter 4 of Snythergen is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Snythergen is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground. In a minute he was fast asleep. Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt. It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that. And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
Chapter 4 of Snythergen is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading “Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.”
a refrigerator for cooling liquids
From this reading “It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.”
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
From this reading “Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.”
plural of “woodpecker” — bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
From this reading “And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.”
a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
From this reading “Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
sleeping deeply
In this reading “In a minute he was fast asleep.”
In this reading “Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.”
In this reading “And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.”
In this reading “A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.”
leave
In this reading “A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.”
In this reading “It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.”
put clothing on one's body
In this reading “Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.”
In this reading “A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.”
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 BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
later than; following
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
in a state of sleep
From this reading In a minute he was fast asleep.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
a refrigerator for cooling liquids
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading In a minute he was fast asleep.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a minute he was fast asleep.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a minute he was fast asleep.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading In a minute he was fast asleep.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
the middle of the day
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
participate in games or sport
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
try to get or reach
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
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From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
up to a particular time
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK Snythergen took off his suit and lay upon the ground.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In a minute he was fast asleep.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
plural of “woodpecker” — bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
From this reading And he believed that after their hard day the woodpeckers would sleep till noon.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was a hot day and it would be cooler without that.
a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
From this reading Early the next morning he arose and put on his tree suit but not the xylophone skirt.
Chapter 4 of Snythergen by Hal Garrott holds 80 sentences, grouped into 16 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 4 holds 80 sentences of Snythergen, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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