Chapter 1 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of "The Bobbsey Twins." "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?" "Oh, quite a number, dear. Sit back and rest yourself. I thought you liked it on the train."
Chapter 1 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Author of "The Bobbsey Twins."”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “I thought you liked it on the train."”
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading “"Oh, quite a number, dear.”
be seated
From this reading “Sit back and rest yourself.”
(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
From this reading “"Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “I thought you liked it on the train."”
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “Author of "The Bobbsey Twins."”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Sit back and rest yourself.”
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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 "Oh, quite a number, dear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sit back and rest yourself.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of "The Bobbsey Twins."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Sit back and rest yourself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of "The Bobbsey Twins."
dearly loved
From this reading "Oh, quite a number, dear.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought you liked it on the train."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I thought you liked it on the train."
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading I thought you liked it on the train."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading "Oh, quite a number, dear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "The Bobbsey Twins."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, quite a number, dear.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I thought you liked it on the train."
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Oh, quite a number, dear.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Sit back and rest yourself.
be seated
From this reading Sit back and rest yourself.
(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "The Bobbsey Twins."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you liked it on the train."
create by training and teaching
From this reading I thought you liked it on the train."
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading Author of "The Bobbsey Twins."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mother, how many more stations before we'll be home?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I thought you liked it on the train."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Sit back and rest yourself.
Chapter 1 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home by Laura Lee Hope holds 185 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.
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