Chapter 1 of The Green Casket, and Other Stories is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Green Casket, and Other Stories is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC. 'Then good morning, Mrs. Perry. It all promises very nicely, I think. You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well. Naylor takes great pride in her training.
Chapter 1 of The Green Casket, and Other Stories is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “carrot” — deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
From this reading “AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.”
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading “AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.”
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading “You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.”
in a nice way
From this reading “It all promises very nicely, I think.”
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
From this reading “'Then good morning, Mrs. Perry.”
plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
From this reading “It all promises very nicely, I think.”
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading “AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.”
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading “Naylor takes great pride in her training.”
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.
clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo
In this reading “AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.”
be contingent on
In this reading “You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.”
In this reading “You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.”
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.
(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 It all promises very nicely, I think.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
plural of “carrot” — deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading 'Then good morning, Mrs. Perry.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Naylor takes great pride in her training.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It all promises very nicely, I think.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Naylor takes great pride in her training.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It all promises very nicely, I think.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading 'Then good morning, Mrs. Perry.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading 'Then good morning, Mrs. Perry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Naylor takes great pride in her training.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
in a nice way
From this reading It all promises very nicely, I think.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
From this reading 'Then good morning, Mrs. Perry.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading Naylor takes great pride in her training.
plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
From this reading It all promises very nicely, I think.
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading Naylor takes great pride in her training.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'Then good morning, Mrs. Perry.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading It all promises very nicely, I think.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
create by training and teaching
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading Naylor takes great pride in her training.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AUTHOR OF 'THE CUCKOO CLOCK,' 'US,' 'CARROTS,' 'THE RECTORY CHILDREN,' 'NESTA,' ETC.
precisely as stated
From this reading It all promises very nicely, I think.
(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 You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You may depend upon our taking good care of Ruth, and doing our best to train her well.
Chapter 1 of The Green Casket, and Other Stories by Mrs. Molesworth holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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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