Chapter 3 of Sunny Slopes is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Sunny Slopes is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa. "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more. I am in business, and babies have no business in business. Very good, wasn't it? I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
Chapter 3 of Sunny Slopes is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “baby” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “I am in business, and babies have no business in business.”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.”
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
From this reading “"Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “"Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.”
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
From this reading “A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.”
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 A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am in business, and babies have no business in business.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
plural of “baby” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading I am in business, and babies have no business in business.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
dearly loved
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
a social unit living together
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
the act of departing
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Very good, wasn't it?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I am in business, and babies have no business in business.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am in business, and babies have no business in business.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
From this reading A BABY IN BUSINESS "Centerville, Iowa.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Very good, wasn't it?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
not any; not one
From this reading I am in business, and babies have no business in business.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Dear Carol and David-- "Please do not call me the baby of the family any more.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
precisely as stated
From this reading Very good, wasn't it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Very good, wasn't it?
produce a literary work
From this reading I am practising verbosity for the book I am going to write some day.
Chapter 3 of Sunny Slopes by Ethel Hueston holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 3 holds 183 sentences of Sunny Slopes, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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