Chapter 12 of Sunny Boy at the seashore is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of Sunny Boy at the seashore is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach. “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen. “I’d rather have a bigger dog,” said Ralph. “One, maybe, as big as Queen.” “Oh,” declared Sunny Boy, “no other dog could be as nice as Curly!
Chapter 12 of Sunny Boy at the seashore is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
large or big relative to something else
From this reading ““I’d rather have a bigger dog,” said Ralph.”
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
something regarded with special favor or liking
From this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
by chance
From this reading ““One, maybe, as big as Queen.””
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
established beyond doubt
From this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
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In this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
In this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon
In this reading “SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.”
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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 SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
(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 SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “One, maybe, as big as Queen.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “One, maybe, as big as Queen.”
large or big relative to something else
From this reading “I’d rather have a bigger dog,” said Ralph.
a youthful male person
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Oh,” declared Sunny Boy, “no other dog could be as nice as Curly!
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “Oh,” declared Sunny Boy, “no other dog could be as nice as Curly!
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
something regarded with special favor or liking
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I’d rather have a bigger dog,” said Ralph.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’d rather have a bigger dog,” said Ralph.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
and nothing more
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
by chance
From this reading “One, maybe, as big as Queen.”
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Oh,” declared Sunny Boy, “no other dog could be as nice as Curly!
not any; not one
From this reading “Oh,” declared Sunny Boy, “no other dog could be as nice as Curly!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh,” declared Sunny Boy, “no other dog could be as nice as Curly!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “Oh,” declared Sunny Boy, “no other dog could be as nice as Curly!
(of games) engaged in
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
established beyond doubt
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “One, maybe, as big as Queen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’d rather have a bigger dog,” said Ralph.
on the contrary
From this reading “I’d rather have a bigger dog,” said Ralph.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
in the near future
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
which person or people
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish I had one just like him,” said Ellen.
in the company of; together with
From this reading SUNNY BOY IS NAUGHTY Curly proved to be a happy-natured little dog, and was soon a great favorite with all the children who played on the beach.
Chapter 12 of Sunny Boy at the seashore by Ramy Allison White holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 12 holds 143 sentences of Sunny Boy at the seashore, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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