Chapter 12 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man! Not hurt a bit! Up again! Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet. "All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.
Chapter 12 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Not hurt a bit!”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.”
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading “THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!”
be the source of pain
From this reading “Not hurt a bit!”
in motion
From this reading “"All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.”
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “"All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.”
United States photographer(1886-1958)
From this reading “Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Not hurt a bit!
anew
From this reading Up again!
(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 "All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Not hurt a bit!
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
be the source of pain
From this reading Not hurt a bit!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
in motion
From this reading "All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not hurt a bit!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading "All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right, aren't you?" asked the moving picture man.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Up again!
United States photographer(1886-1958)
From this reading Out again!" and Mr. Weston picked little Freddie out of the brook, and set him on his feet.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE CIRCUS "There you are, my little man!
Chapter 12 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook by Laura Lee Hope holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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 162 sentences of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook by Laura Lee Hope exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 162 sentences, grouped into 33 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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