Chapter 6 of Tad Coon's Tricks is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Tad Coon's Tricks is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy. “You ought to see yourself. You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.” And Tad Coon certainly did. But pretty soon Tommy stopped laughing.
Chapter 6 of Tad Coon's Tricks is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
From this reading “TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.”
an eccentric or undignified rustic
From this reading “You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.””
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.””
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading “But pretty soon Tommy stopped laughing.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.””
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.””
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading “TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.”
curved or curving in and out
From this reading “You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.””
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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 TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
(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 You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But pretty soon Tommy stopped laughing.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading And Tad Coon certainly did.
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
an eccentric or undignified rustic
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And Tad Coon certainly did.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading But pretty soon Tommy stopped laughing.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “You ought to see yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading But pretty soon Tommy stopped laughing.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “You ought to see yourself.
in the near future
From this reading But pretty soon Tommy stopped laughing.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading But pretty soon Tommy stopped laughing.
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You ought to see yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
look attentively
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
curved or curving in and out
From this reading You look a funny picture of a coon with the lines all wiggly.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading TAD MAKES A COMPACT WITH WATCH AND TOMMY PEELE “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Tommy.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You ought to see yourself.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “You ought to see yourself.
Chapter 6 of Tad Coon's Tricks by John Breck holds 76 sentences, grouped into 16 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 6 holds 76 sentences of Tad Coon's Tricks, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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