Chapter 9 of The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?" "Go away, you bold bad spider! Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!" She bundled the spider out at a window. He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
Chapter 9 of The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
fearless and daring
From this reading “"Go away, you bold bad spider!”
past form of “bundle” — make into a bundle
From this reading “She bundled the spider out at a window.”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"”
a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
From this reading “Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"”
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"”
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading “He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.”
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading “"Go away, you bold bad spider!”
a lightweight cord
From this reading “He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.”
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 She bundled the spider out at a window.
(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 Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She bundled the spider out at a window.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Go away, you bold bad spider!
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "Go away, you bold bad spider!
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?"
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
fearless and daring
From this reading "Go away, you bold bad spider!
past form of “bundle” — make into a bundle
From this reading She bundled the spider out at a window.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Go away, you bold bad spider!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?"
the act of departing
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She bundled the spider out at a window.
above and across; more than
From this reading Leaving ends of cobweb all over my nice clean house!"
accept an excuse for
From this reading "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She bundled the spider out at a window.
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading "Go away, you bold bad spider!
a lightweight cord
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She bundled the spider out at a window.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Beg pardon, is this not Miss Muffet's?"
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She bundled the spider out at a window.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He let himself down the hedge with a long thin bit of string.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Go away, you bold bad spider!
Chapter 9 of The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 9 holds 141 sentences of The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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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