Chapter 15 of The Old Market-Cart is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Old Market-Cart is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|THE Reed family were at breakfast. Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on. “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally. “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.” “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
Chapter 15 of The Old Market-Cart is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
From this reading “Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.”
an udder or breast or teat
From this reading ““Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.”
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading ““Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.”
kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
From this reading “Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.”
(used informally) completely unclothed
From this reading “Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.”
plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading “Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.”
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading “|THE Reed family were at breakfast.”
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading “Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.”
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 “Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading |THE Reed family were at breakfast.
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading |THE Reed family were at breakfast.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
an udder or breast or teat
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
a social unit living together
From this reading |THE Reed family were at breakfast.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.”
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
a unit of instruction
From this reading “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.”
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
by chance
From this reading “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.”
kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
(used informally) completely unclothed
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading |THE Reed family were at breakfast.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
witty remark
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.”
express in words
From this reading “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |THE Reed family were at breakfast.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
precisely as stated
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “I am sorry, for we lost our lesson.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading |THE Reed family were at breakfast.
during the time that
From this reading “Gill dug the potatoes while I was sick,” said Sally.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Maybe papa will tell us about them,” said Ben:
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lucy had peeled some potatoes, and baked them brown in the oven, and they were very delicious, the children thought,--so much better than with the skins on.
Chapter 15 of The Old Market-Cart by F. Burge (Frances Burge) Griswold holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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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