Chapter 5 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s. You went last week. It looks perfectly well. I cut it? Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.
Chapter 5 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “barber” — United States composer (1910-1981)
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading ““Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “I cut it?”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “It looks perfectly well.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “It looks perfectly well.”
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
From this reading “Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “You went last week.”
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In this reading “You went last week.”
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possessive form of “barber” — United States composer (1910-1981)
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading I cut it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cut it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.
immediately past
From this reading You went last week.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading It looks perfectly well.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
not any; not one
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading It looks perfectly well.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
From this reading Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading You went last week.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading It looks perfectly well.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You went last week.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, I don’t know how to trim hair.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Brush it more on that side—no, you can’t go to the barber’s.
Chapter 5 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood by Josephine Daskam Bacon holds 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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 449 sentences of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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