Chapter 10 of Stories jolly is here in full — 1382 sentences across 277 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Stories jolly is here in full — 1382 sentences across 277 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WILLY always walked home from school alone. The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched. He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head. His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime. Was the baby better?
Chapter 10 of Stories jolly is here in full — 1382 sentences across 277 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 “Was the baby better?”
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
From this reading “The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.”
past form of “fetch” — go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.”
sorrowful through loss or deprivation
From this reading “He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.”
showing a lack of attention or care
From this reading “He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.”
plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction
From this reading “He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.”
the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch
From this reading “His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime.”
make square
From this reading “The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.”
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 “WILLY always walked home from school alone.”
In this reading “He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.”
In this reading “WILLY always walked home from school alone.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
Having no one else present.
From this reading WILLY always walked home from school alone.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading WILLY always walked home from school alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Was the baby better?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Was the baby better?
a young person of either sex
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime.
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
past form of “fetch” — go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WILLY always walked home from school alone.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
sorrowful through loss or deprivation
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading WILLY always walked home from school alone.
showing a lack of attention or care
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch
From this reading His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
many times at short intervals
From this reading His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading His father had not returned, as he often did, at lunchtime.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
an educational institution
From this reading WILLY always walked home from school alone.
make square
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He had been inattentive at lessons all day; he could not get the thought of that grieving child out of his head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading WILLY always walked home from school alone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WILLY always walked home from school alone.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The school was round the corner of the square, and he would have felt it below his dignity to be fetched.
Chapter 10 of Stories jolly by H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) Adams holds 1382 sentences, grouped into 277 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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