Chapter 9 of Soldier Rigdale is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Soldier Rigdale is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris! Hushaby, hushaby! Go to sleep, like a good lass." Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow. "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
Chapter 9 of Soldier Rigdale is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “"I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.”
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading “Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!”
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!”
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading “Go to sleep, like a good lass."”
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “"I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.”
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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 MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
(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 MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
a youthful male person
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go to sleep, like a good lass."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Go to sleep, like a good lass."
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hushaby, hushaby!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading Go to sleep, like a good lass."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Go to sleep, like a good lass."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
in a provocative manner
From this reading Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.
cut with a saw
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Go to sleep, like a good lass."
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I never saw such a bad baby," sighed the little boy.
in or at that place or location
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Go to sleep, like a good lass."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MASTER HOPKINS'S GUEST "'In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green, In Wakefield all on a green,--' THERE, there, Damaris!
fully awake
From this reading Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Damaris gurgled at Miles with a provokingly wide-awake crow.
Chapter 9 of Soldier Rigdale by Beulah Marie Dix holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 9 holds 182 sentences of Soldier Rigdale, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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