Chapter 5 of The Little Colonel is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Little Colonel is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills. Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life. Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage. Red birds sang in the woodbine. Squirrels chattered in the beeches.
Chapter 5 of The Little Colonel is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading “Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.”
comparative of “fair” — free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.”
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.”
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading “Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.”
third-person singular of “linger” — remain present although waning or gradually dying
From this reading “Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.”
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.”
plural of “squirrel” — a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading “Squirrels chattered in the beeches.”
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
any thing at all
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Squirrels chattered in the beeches.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Red birds sang in the woodbine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Squirrels chattered in the beeches.
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
a small house with a single story
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
comparative of “fair” — free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Red birds sang in the woodbine.
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
From this reading Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
immediately past
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
third-person singular of “linger” — remain present although waning or gradually dying
From this reading Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
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 Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Red birds sang in the woodbine.
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading Red birds sang in the woodbine.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
plural of “squirrel” — a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading Squirrels chattered in the beeches.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Summer lingers long among the Kentucky hills.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
a Caucasian
From this reading Roses climbed up and almost hid the small white cottage.
which person or people
From this reading Each passing day seemed fairer than the last to the Little Colonel, who had never before known anything of country life.
common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
From this reading Red birds sang in the woodbine.
Chapter 5 of The Little Colonel by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 5 holds 165 sentences of The Little Colonel, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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