Chapter 28 of The Bride of Mission San José is here in full — 600 sentences across 120 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of The Bride of Mission San José is here in full — 600 sentences across 120 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads. Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss. Santa Maria! What careless fingers! See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
Chapter 28 of The Bride of Mission San José is here in full — 600 sentences across 120 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.”
a perceptual structure
From this reading “Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.”
a spotted or calico horse or pony
From this reading “See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.”
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading “Santa Maria!”
marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
From this reading “See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.”
informal terms for clothing
From this reading “A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.”
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading “A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.”
creating fabric
From this reading “Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.”
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 “A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.”
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 A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
From this reading What careless fingers!
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
a female human offspring
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading What careless fingers!
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
dependent upon or characterized by chance
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
From this reading Santa Maria!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
a perceptual structure
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
a spotted or calico horse or pony
From this reading See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading Santa Maria!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
From this reading See, the blanket is streaked in color, like a pinto horse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
informal terms for clothing
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading A DAUGHTER OF THE DE LA MENDOZA "Pepita, Pepita, be thou watchful of those threads.
creating fabric
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What careless fingers!
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Red follows yellow in the pattern, else your weaving is hit-or-miss.
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