Chapter 8 of The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?" "Why, of course it is! Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?" "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?" "Oh," laughed Ellen, "that's the question!
Chapter 8 of The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
From this reading “Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"”
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading “Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"”
established irrevocably
From this reading “Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"”
walk heavily
From this reading “"Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"”
having a supporting base
From this reading “Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"”
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading “"Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"”
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “"Why, of course it is!”
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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 Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
(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 Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Why, of course it is!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
From this reading Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
opinion or judgment
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "Oh," laughed Ellen, "that's the question!
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Why, of course it is!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh," laughed Ellen, "that's the question!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "Oh," laughed Ellen, "that's the question!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
established irrevocably
From this reading Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Don't you see it's in a' envelope and all sealed and everything?"
walk heavily
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
having a supporting base
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh," laughed Ellen, "that's the question!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh," laughed Ellen, "that's the question!
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, but it hasn't any stamp and how could a turkey bring it--how did it get in him?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Freddie, standing with eyes and mouth wide open, finally said, "Why, Ellen, do you believe it is a letter?"
Chapter 8 of The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 8 holds 397 sentences of The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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.
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