Chapter 20 of The Curlytops at Cherry Farm is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Curlytops at Cherry Farm is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well! What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him. “What’s it all about?” “We’re lost!” explained Jan. “We were,” added her brother.
Chapter 20 of The Curlytops at Cherry Farm is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
From this reading “CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well!”
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
From this reading “CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well!”
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
From this reading “CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well!”
made afraid
From this reading “What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.”
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading ““We’re lost!” explained Jan.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.”
a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
From this reading “What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.”
pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
From this reading “What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.”
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.
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “What’s it all about?”
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “We were,” added her brother.
(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 “What’s it all about?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “We were,” added her brother.
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
From this reading CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well!
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
From this reading CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well!
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
From this reading CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well!
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “We’re lost!” explained Jan.
made afraid
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “We were,” added her brother.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What’s it all about?”
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading “We’re lost!” explained Jan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “We’re lost!” explained Jan.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
a form of address for a man
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
on the contrary
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
cut with a saw
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
in the direction of
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’re lost!” explained Jan.
(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 CHEWING CHERRY CANDY “Well, well!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We were,” added her brother.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What have we here?” asked Mr. Sam Sander, the hot waffle and lollypop man, as he saw the rather tumbled-about and frightened Curlytop children running toward him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s it all about?”
Chapter 20 of The Curlytops at Cherry Farm by Howard Roger Garis holds 320 sentences, grouped into 64 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.
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