Chapter 5 of The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate. We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait! Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy! Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done?
Chapter 5 of The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!”
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading “We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “Hurrah for the fun!”
possessive form of “grandmother” — the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!”
a victory cheer
From this reading “Hurrah for the fun!”
any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
From this reading “Is the pudding done?”
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!”
catch sight of
From this reading “Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Is the pudding done?
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hurrah for the fun!
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading Hurrah for the fun!
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
possessive form of “grandmother” — the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
a victory cheer
From this reading Hurrah for the fun!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
From this reading Is the pudding done?
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
catch sight of
From this reading Over the river and through the wood-- Now grandmother's cap I spy!
successive (without a break)
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We seem to go Extremely slow,-- It is so hard to wait!
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Over the river and through the wood, And straight through the barn-yard gate.
Chapter 5 of The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children by Kate Douglas Smith [Editor] Wiggin holds 333 sentences, grouped into 67 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 333 sentences of The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children by Kate Douglas Smith [Editor] Wiggin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 333 sentences, grouped into 67 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.
Work through the 67 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 67 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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