Chapter 4 of The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone. "Oh Lloyd, _can't_ you come? Do arrange it some way. Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me. And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
Chapter 4 of The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading “Do arrange it some way.”
United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)
From this reading “"Oh Lloyd, _can't_ you come?”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.”
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.”
plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
From this reading “And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.”
third-person singular of “send” — cause to go somewhere
From this reading “And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.”
not moving or operating freely
From this reading “Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.”
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 “BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.”
In this reading “Do arrange it some way.”
In this reading “Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.”
In this reading “Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.”
a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
In this reading “And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
(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 Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading Do arrange it some way.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
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From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
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From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
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From this reading "Oh Lloyd, _can't_ you come?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Oh Lloyd, _can't_ you come?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do arrange it some way.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
made afraid
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
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From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
and nothing more
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)
From this reading "Oh Lloyd, _can't_ you come?
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh Lloyd, _can't_ you come?
above and across; more than
From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
third-person singular of “send” — cause to go somewhere
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Do arrange it some way.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BETTY'S NOVEL IT was Gay's voice over the telephone.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Do arrange it some way.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lucy is frightened stiff at the thought of being left here alone all night with just me.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And she thought it would be such a good time for Betty to read us her novel, as she promised, before she sends it away to the publishers.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh Lloyd, _can't_ you come?
Chapter 4 of The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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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