Chapter 6 of The Bobbsey twins keeping house is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Bobbsey twins keeping house is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it. She also was a good-natured person. And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins. She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well. “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
Chapter 6 of The Bobbsey twins keeping house is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading “LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.”
your grandmother
From this reading ““I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?””
a human being
From this reading “She also was a good-natured person.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins.”
express a supposition
From this reading ““I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?””
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading “LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.”
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.”
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.
In this reading “She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.”
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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 LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
in addition
From this reading She also was a good-natured person.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
From this reading She also was a good-natured person.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
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 She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
your grandmother
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
not any; not one
From this reading And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins.
a human being
From this reading She also was a good-natured person.
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins.
express a supposition
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
carry out
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I suppose, Nan,” she said, “that I’m to take the room I always have?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And she was no stranger to the Bobbsey twins.
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
precisely as stated
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LOST TWINS Mrs. Pry was a “little deaf,” as she called it.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading She had worked in their house many times before, and knew her way about very well.
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