Chapter 4 of The Summers readers: second reader is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Summers readers: second reader is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home. VI At last spring came. “I must go now,” said the Swallow. “Will you go with me, Thumbling? You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
Chapter 4 of The Summers readers: second reader is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading “So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.””
be seated
From this reading “You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.””
the season of growth
From this reading “VI At last spring came.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.””
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading “So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.”
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading “So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.”
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 “You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.””
live in the house where one works
In this reading “So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.”
In this reading “You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.””
In this reading “You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.””
In this reading “So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.”
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.
(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 So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading VI At last spring came.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading VI At last spring came.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I must go now,” said the Swallow.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I must go now,” said the Swallow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
immediately past
From this reading VI At last spring came.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Will you go with me, Thumbling?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must go now,” said the Swallow.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “I must go now,” said the Swallow.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I must go now,” said the Swallow.
be seated
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
the season of growth
From this reading VI At last spring came.
the rays of the sun
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Will you go with me, Thumbling?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading You may sit upon my back and I will fly out into the bright sunshine.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading VI At last spring came.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Will you go with me, Thumbling?
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading So all winter the Swallow lived in the Field Mouse’s warm home.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Will you go with me, Thumbling?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Will you go with me, Thumbling?
Chapter 4 of The Summers readers: second reader by Maud Summers holds 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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 4 holds 384 sentences of The Summers readers: second reader, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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