Chapter 10 of The Christmas Reindeer is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Christmas Reindeer is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars. “Do the children out in the Great World love them?” You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then. And you should have seen all the laugh wrinkles around his eyes. “I suspect they do,” said he.
Chapter 10 of The Christmas Reindeer is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
From this reading “TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.”
(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
From this reading “TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.”
a performer who dances professionally
From this reading “TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.”
a mettlesome or fiery horse
From this reading “TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.”
possessive form of “santa” — the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.”
a malicious woman with a fierce temper
From this reading “TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.”
plural of “wrinkle” — a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
From this reading “And you should have seen all the laugh wrinkles around his eyes.”
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In this reading ““Do the children out in the Great World love them?””
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(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 And you should have seen all the laugh wrinkles around his eyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And you should have seen all the laugh wrinkles around his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
a performer who dances professionally
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
opinion or judgment
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I suspect they do,” said he.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And you should have seen all the laugh wrinkles around his eyes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I suspect they do,” said he.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
the sound of laughing
From this reading And you should have seen all the laugh wrinkles around his eyes.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
a mettlesome or fiery horse
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
recurring again and again
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I suspect they do,” said he.
possessive form of “santa” — the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading “I suspect they do,” said he.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I suspect they do,” said he.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.
a malicious woman with a fierce temper
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading TUKTU’S HAPPY THOUGHT “Donder and Blitzen, Dasher and Vixen, Dancer and Prancer, Comet and Cupid,” repeated Tuktu to herself, and her eyes were like stars.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “Do the children out in the Great World love them?”
plural of “wrinkle” — a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
From this reading And you should have seen all the laugh wrinkles around his eyes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have seen Santa’s eyes twinkle then.
Chapter 10 of The Christmas Reindeer by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 66 sentences, grouped into 14 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 10 holds 66 sentences of The Christmas Reindeer, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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