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The Bobbsey Twins at School
The Bobbsey Twins at School

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Bobbsey Twins at School is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.
"Be careful!" warned Mamma Bobbsey.
"He won't hurt her!" declared Bert.
"That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.
Here, doggie; come here!" he called.
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The Bobbsey Twins at School

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Bobbsey Twins at School is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.
Line 2
"Be careful!" warned Mamma Bobbsey.
Line 3
"He won't hurt her!" declared Bert.
Line 4
"That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.
Line 5
Here, doggie; come here!" he called.

All words in this reading · 47

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a

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From this reading "That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.

AN

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

and

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

another

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

anyone

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.

AUTO

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

Be

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Be careful!" warned Mamma Bobbsey.

Bert

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From this reading "He won't hurt her!" declared Bert.

big

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

Bobbsey

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Be careful!" warned Mamma Bobbsey.

called

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From this reading Here, doggie; come here!" he called.

came

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

can

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From this reading "That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.

careful

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From this reading "Be careful!" warned Mamma Bobbsey.

come

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From this reading Here, doggie; come here!" he called.

declared

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From this reading "He won't hurt her!" declared Bert.

dog

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

doggie

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From this reading Here, doggie; come here!" he called.

DOWN

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

dropped

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

Flossie

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

fluffy

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

for

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

four

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

good

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.

he

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

her

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "He won't hurt her!" declared Bert.

Here

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From this reading Here, doggie; come here!" he called.

his

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

HOME

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

hurt

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "He won't hurt her!" declared Bert.

IN

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

legs

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From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

Mamma

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Be careful!" warned Mamma Bobbsey.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

on

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

straight

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

tail

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

tell

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.

that

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From this reading "That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.

That's

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From this reading "That's a good dog, anyone can tell that.

the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

wag

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

warned

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Be careful!" warned Mamma Bobbsey.

white

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading HOME IN AN AUTO DOWN on his four legs dropped the big white dog, and with another wag of his fluffy tail he came straight for Flossie.

won't

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "He won't hurt her!" declared Bert.

Chapter 4 of The Bobbsey Twins at School by Laura Lee Hope holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 4 of The Bobbsey Twins at School contain?

Chapter 4 holds 187 sentences of The Bobbsey Twins at School, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Bobbsey Twins at School by Laura Lee Hope exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

How do I study chapter 4 of The Bobbsey Twins at School?

Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 38 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Bobbsey Twins at School?

Yes. All 2804 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #737 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #737, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Bobbsey Twins at School take to read?

About 233 minutes of reading across 561 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Bobbsey Twins at School

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Bobbsey Twins at School, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Mamma
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Bobbsey Twins at School; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Longer
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Bobbsey Twins at School; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Asked
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Bobbsey Twins at School; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bobbsey
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Bobbsey Twins at School; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.