Chapter 9 of The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth. Let me make a suggestion to you. You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you? That includes your father, of course, who taught you. Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
Chapter 9 of The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading “They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.”
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading “Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?”
third-person singular of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading “That includes your father, of course, who taught you.”
the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
From this reading “They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.”
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?”
an idea that is suggested
From this reading “Let me make a suggestion to you.”
travel through water
From this reading “You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you?”
lift and reset in another soil or situation
From this reading “They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “That includes your father, of course, who taught you.”
In this reading “Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you?
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading That includes your father, of course, who taught you.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you?
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
every person
From this reading You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you?
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading That includes your father, of course, who taught you.
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
third-person singular of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading That includes your father, of course, who taught you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me make a suggestion to you.
engage in
From this reading Let me make a suggestion to you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me make a suggestion to you.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you?
the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Does it include your sisters and the other boys' sisters?
an idea that is suggested
From this reading Let me make a suggestion to you.
travel through water
From this reading You believe everybody ought to know how to swim, don't you?
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading That includes your father, of course, who taught you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That includes your father, of course, who taught you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let me make a suggestion to you.
lift and reset in another soil or situation
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
during the time that
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
which person or people
From this reading That includes your father, of course, who taught you.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading They will never know the difference if you transplant them while their roots are frozen in a big ball of earth.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That includes your father, of course, who taught you.
Chapter 9 of The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work by Mary Rogers Miller holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 410 sentences of The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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