Chapter 6 of Some builders is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Some builders is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words. "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me? I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke. It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce. I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
Chapter 6 of Some builders is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a farm where dairy products are produced
From this reading “It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.”
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.”
cause to come to know personally
From this reading “"Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?”
the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
From this reading “I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.”
bring forth or yield
From this reading “It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.”
nonexistent
From this reading “I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.”
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading “I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.”
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.
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In this reading “I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.”
In this reading “LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.”
In this reading “I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.”
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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 I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
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From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
a farm where dairy products are produced
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
cause to come to know personally
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
the literary culture
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
and nothing more
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
bring forth or yield
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I have really only come up on a little matter of business, Miss Pembroke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
nonexistent
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
the words that are spoken
From this reading LETTERS "AH, this is delightful!" were her first words.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading I am wanting to start a small poultry yard.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Miss Urquhart, you will be my friend, and introduce me?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is so kind of you to let me have your dairy produce.
Chapter 6 of Some builders by Amy Le Feuvre holds 298 sentences, grouped into 60 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 6 holds 298 sentences of Some builders, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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