Chapter 5 of Some Little People is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Some Little People is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to. Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty. 'Lisbeth said she would. I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep. Away she went running and skipping.
Chapter 5 of Some Little People is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading “'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.”
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading “I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.”
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading “I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.”
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading “Away she went running and skipping.”
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 “'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.”
be careful, prudent, or watchful
In this reading “Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.”
In this reading “I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.”
In this reading “Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.”
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 Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Away she went running and skipping.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
a young female
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Away she went running and skipping.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'Lisbeth said she would.
cut with a saw
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
inflected form of “skip” — bypass
From this reading Away she went running and skipping.
in the near future
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
carry out
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mother told her to be a good girl and take care of Trotty.
precisely as stated
From this reading I suppose she thought she would, but she forgot Trotty very soon, for she saw neighbor Gilham across the hill driving his sheep.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Lisbeth was awake bright and early next day; she had business to attend to.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Away she went running and skipping.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading 'Lisbeth said she would.
Chapter 5 of Some Little People by George Kringle holds 75 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.
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