Chapter 2 of Sunny Boy and His Playmates is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Sunny Boy and His Playmates is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy. "Watch where you're going! Can't you see the little kid?" "The ice is cracking!" cried another boy. "Look!
Chapter 2 of Sunny Boy and His Playmates is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.”
a sudden sharp noise
From this reading “"The ice is cracking!" cried another boy.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “"The ice is cracking!" cried another boy.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “Can't you see the little kid?"”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.”
look attentively
From this reading “"Watch where you're going!”
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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 GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "The ice is cracking!" cried another boy.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
a youthful male person
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't you see the little kid?"
a sudden sharp noise
From this reading "The ice is cracking!" cried another boy.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "The ice is cracking!" cried another boy.
set up or found
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
the act of departing
From this reading "Watch where you're going!
the father of your father or mother
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading "The ice is cracking!" cried another boy.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
tell false information to for fun
From this reading Can't you see the little kid?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Can't you see the little kid?"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Can't you see the little kid?"
in a vehement outcry
From this reading GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND "Look out!" shouted a big boy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Can't you see the little kid?"
look attentively
From this reading "Watch where you're going!
in or at the place that
From this reading "Watch where you're going!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can't you see the little kid?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Watch where you're going!
Chapter 2 of Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Ramy Allison White holds 135 sentences, grouped into 27 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 2 holds 135 sentences of Sunny Boy and His Playmates, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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