Chapter 5 of The Story My Doggie Told to Me is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Story My Doggie Told to Me is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it. It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go. But it took her some time to do it. Freya is very stupid at times. About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
Chapter 5 of The Story My Doggie Told to Me is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading “WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.”
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
From this reading “WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.”
(Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey
From this reading “It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.”
an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
From this reading “WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “Freya is very stupid at times.”
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading “It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.”
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 “But it took her some time to do it.”
sporadically and infrequently
In this reading “Freya is very stupid at times.”
In this reading “WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.”
In this reading “About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.”
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 WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
later than; following
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Freya is very stupid at times.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it took her some time to do it.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But it took her some time to do it.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
(Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But it took her some time to do it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Freya is very stupid at times.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
precisely, exactly
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading But it took her some time to do it.
in the near future
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading Freya is very stupid at times.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But it took her some time to do it.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Freya is very stupid at times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading But it took her some time to do it.
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
precisely as stated
From this reading Freya is very stupid at times.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It was all right as soon as Freya understood that she was to go the way I wanted to go.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading About a week after I got my collar it was the cause of much pain to me.
at the time that
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
during the time that
From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
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From this reading WHEN I ATE MY COLLAR After that William put the strap on us every day for a while and we got used to it.
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