Chapter 4 of The little country theater is here in full — 319 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The little country theater is here in full — 319 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh yes, no doubt they could. How did you leave everybody at home? HIRAM Just like a rose in July. Saw your brother Harry the day before I left. He sent a letter down for you.
Chapter 4 of The little country theater is here in full — 319 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/63 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.”
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “Oh yes, no doubt they could.”
every person
From this reading “How did you leave everybody at home?”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “HIRAM Just like a rose in July.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “He sent a letter down for you.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “HIRAM Just like a rose in July.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “He sent a letter down for you.”
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.
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “How did you leave everybody at home?”
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 HIRAM Just like a rose in July.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading How did you leave everybody at home?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Oh yes, no doubt they could.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How did you leave everybody at home?
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading Oh yes, no doubt they could.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He sent a letter down for you.
every person
From this reading How did you leave everybody at home?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He sent a letter down for you.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sent a letter down for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HIRAM Just like a rose in July.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading How did you leave everybody at home?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How did you leave everybody at home?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HIRAM Just like a rose in July.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading HIRAM Just like a rose in July.
and nothing more
From this reading HIRAM Just like a rose in July.
go away from a place
From this reading How did you leave everybody at home?
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 Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading He sent a letter down for you.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading HIRAM Just like a rose in July.
not any; not one
From this reading Oh yes, no doubt they could.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh yes, no doubt they could.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading HIRAM Just like a rose in July.
cut with a saw
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading He sent a letter down for you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh yes, no doubt they could.
an affirmative
From this reading Oh yes, no doubt they could.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How did you leave everybody at home?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Saw your brother Harry the day before I left.
Chapter 4 of The little country theater by Alfred G. (Alfred Gilmeiden) Arvold holds 319 sentences, grouped into 64 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 4 holds 319 sentences of The little country theater, unabridged, divided into 64 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The little country theater by Alfred G. (Alfred Gilmeiden) Arvold exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 319 sentences, grouped into 64 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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