Chapter 8 of The Twin Cousins is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Twin Cousins is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CRAZY CHRISTMAS. "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece. "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon. Where did you stay?" "Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.
Chapter 8 of The Twin Cousins is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
From this reading “"You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “A CRAZY CHRISTMAS.”
longing to return home
From this reading “"You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.”
the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
From this reading “"Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.”
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading “"You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.”
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading “"You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.”
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading “"You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “"Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.”
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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 A CRAZY CHRISTMAS.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
(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 "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading A CRAZY CHRISTMAS.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading A CRAZY CHRISTMAS.
dearly loved
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Where did you stay?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
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From this reading "Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
longing to return home
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
From this reading "Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading "Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Where did you stay?"
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
a special situation
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
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From this reading "Stayed up-sta--irs," sobbed Flaxie.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where did you stay?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You dear little thing," said Aunt Charlotte, coming into the room with Ken in her arms, but putting him down and taking up her naughty niece.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "You've been getting homesick all by yourself this long afternoon.
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