Chapter 1 of The Corner House Girls is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Corner House Girls is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot! You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!” Tess was bustling and important. It was baking day in the Kenway household. She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
Chapter 1 of The Corner House Girls is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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making bread or cake or pastry etc.
From this reading “It was baking day in the Kenway household.”
full of energetic and noisy activity
From this reading “Tess was bustling and important.”
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading “She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.”
a very small circular shape
From this reading ““LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!”
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading “She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.”
plural of “raisin” — dried grape
From this reading “She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.”
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading “She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.”
superlative of “small” — limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.”
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.
come off
In this reading “You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!””
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
In this reading ““LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
making bread or cake or pastry etc.
From this reading It was baking day in the Kenway household.
full of energetic and noisy activity
From this reading Tess was bustling and important.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
a young person of either sex
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was baking day in the Kenway household.
a very small circular shape
From this reading “LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading “LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!
a social unit living together
From this reading It was baking day in the Kenway household.
of great significance or value
From this reading Tess was bustling and important.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was baking day in the Kenway household.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was baking day in the Kenway household.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was baking day in the Kenway household.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “LEFT HIGH AND DRY” “Look out, Dot!
a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
plural of “raisin” — dried grape
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
superlative of “small” — limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tess was bustling and important.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was baking day in the Kenway household.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She had the raisins to stone, and the smallest Kenway was climbing up to put the package of raisins back upon the cupboard shelf.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tess was bustling and important.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ll fall off that chair as sure as you live, child!”
Chapter 1 of The Corner House Girls by Grace Brooks Hill holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 1 holds 184 sentences of The Corner House Girls, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Corner House Girls by Grace Brooks Hill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
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