Chapter 4 of The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker. “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.” “Can’t,” said Don. “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop. Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
Chapter 4 of The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blackberry” — large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
From this reading “PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.”
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading ““I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.”
a farm building for housing poultry
From this reading ““I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.”
the production of young from an egg
From this reading “Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.””
plural of “pail” — a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.”
someone who tries to bring peace
From this reading “PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.”
dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
From this reading ““P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.””
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading “PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.”
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 ““P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.””
In this reading “PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.”
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 “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.”
plural of “blackberry” — large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Can’t,” said Don.
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
a farm building for housing poultry
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.”
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading “Can’t,” said Don.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
the production of young from an egg
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
adult female chicken
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
engage in
From this reading “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
not any; not one
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.”
plural of “pail” — a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
someone who tries to bring peace
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
From this reading “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.”
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “I promised old Miss Halliday I’d make her a chicken coop.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Can’t,” said Don.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Another hen is hatching out and there’s no coop to put her in.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “P’raps Auntie’ll make us a pie for dinner.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading PHŒBE’S SECRET “Let’s get some pails and go to the woods for blackberries,” suggested Sue, posing as peacemaker.
Chapter 4 of The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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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