Chapter 7 of The Sun's Babies is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Sun's Babies is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Paling Fence could hardly bear it. "Stupid things!" he muttered. "But wait till the gardener comes. He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden." The gardener came.
Chapter 7 of The Sun's Babies is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 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.
enclose with a fence
From this reading “The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.”
someone who takes care of a garden
From this reading “"But wait till the gardener comes.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.”
not accessible to view
From this reading “He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “"Stupid things!" he muttered.”
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading “He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “"Stupid things!" he muttered.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."”
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 wait till the gardener comes.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
have
From this reading The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But wait till the gardener comes.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The gardener came.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading "But wait till the gardener comes.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
enclose with a fence
From this reading The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.
someone who takes care of a garden
From this reading "But wait till the gardener comes.
only a very short time before
From this reading The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Stupid things!" he muttered.
not accessible to view
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading "Stupid things!" he muttered.
a fence made of upright pickets
From this reading The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading "Stupid things!" he muttered.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Paling Fence could hardly bear it.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading "Stupid things!" he muttered.
up to a particular time
From this reading "But wait till the gardener comes.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "But wait till the gardener comes.
at the time that
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He will surely cut them down when he sees how I am hidden."
Chapter 7 of The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes holds 448 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 7 holds 448 sentences of The Sun's Babies, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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