Chapter 9 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop! Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat. Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast. "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert. "It's the only way."
Chapter 9 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “bake” — cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
From this reading “NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!”
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!”
your grandmother
From this reading “NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!”
scrape with the paws
From this reading “Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.”
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading “Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.”
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
From this reading “NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!”
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
From this reading “Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.”
a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
From this reading “Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.”
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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 NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
third-person singular of “bake” — cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
From this reading NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's the only way."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert.
your grandmother
From this reading NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
and nothing more
From this reading "It's the only way."
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
scrape with the paws
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert.
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
From this reading NAN BAKES A CAKE "Come on, Snoop!
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come on out!" called Flossie to the pet, black cat.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
From this reading Snoop tried to raise first one paw, and then the other to come to her little mistress, but the sticky varnish held her fast.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "It's the only way."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You'll have to pull her loose, Mother," said Bert.
Chapter 9 of The Bobbsey Twins at Home by Laura Lee Hope holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 9 holds 172 sentences of The Bobbsey Twins at Home, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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