Chapter 15 of The little elves seeking the beautiful world is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The little elves seeking the beautiful world is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way? We will have to ask some one again.” “Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes. “I am so afraid! We surely will be hurt!”
Chapter 15 of The little elves seeking the beautiful world is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?”
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?”
be the source of pain
From this reading “We surely will be hurt!””
having a point
From this reading ““Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes.”
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading “They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “We surely will be hurt!””
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading ““Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes.”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?”
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.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I am so afraid!
anew
From this reading We will have to ask some one again.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am so afraid!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading We will have to ask some one again.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We surely will be hurt!”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
the act of departing
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We will have to ask some one again.”
be the source of pain
From this reading We surely will be hurt!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We will have to ask some one again.”
having a point
From this reading “Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes.
precisely, exactly
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I am so afraid!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading We will have to ask some one again.”
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading We surely will be hurt!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading “Oh, oh! do not ask!” exclaimed Pointed Toes.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
at the time that
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will have to ask some one again.”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading They had not flown far when Spider Eyes turned to Chip Wing, and said: “I wonder if we are going the right way?
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