Chapter 5 of The Twin Cousins is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Twin Cousins is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THAT HOMELY MISS PIKE. The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother. "Now I'll tell you all about it. I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home." "You did, darling?
Chapter 5 of The Twin Cousins is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading “I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."”
a special loved one
From this reading “"You did, darling?”
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
From this reading “THAT HOMELY MISS PIKE.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.”
drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
From this reading “The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.”
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading “THAT HOMELY MISS PIKE.”
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Now I'll tell you all about it.
past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
(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 "Now I'll tell you all about it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
a special loved one
From this reading "You did, darling?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
From this reading THAT HOMELY MISS PIKE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now I'll tell you all about it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Now I'll tell you all about it.
go away from a place
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading THAT HOMELY MISS PIKE.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now I'll tell you all about it.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
on one occasion
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading THAT HOMELY MISS PIKE.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
express in words
From this reading "Now I'll tell you all about it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THAT HOMELY MISS PIKE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The nurse did leave the room next day for a minute, and Flaxie ran up to the bed and nestled close to her mother.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I wanted to see you so, my heart ached and ached, and once I ran away home."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now I'll tell you all about it.
Chapter 5 of The Twin Cousins by Sophie May holds 120 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.
Chapter 5 holds 120 sentences of The Twin Cousins, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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