Chapter 5 of Third Reader: The Alexandra Readers is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Third Reader: The Alexandra Readers is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Halloo! A great deal of steam! The pudding was out of the kettle. A smell like a washing-day. That was the cloth.
Chapter 5 of Third Reader: The Alexandra Readers is here in full — 356 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “That was the cloth.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “A great deal of steam!”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “A great deal of steam!”
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading “The pudding was out of the kettle.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “A smell like a washing-day.”
any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
From this reading “The pudding was out of the kettle.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “A smell like a washing-day.”
travel by means of steam power
From this reading “A great deal of steam!”
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 “A great deal of steam!”
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 A great deal of steam!
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading That was the cloth.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading A great deal of steam!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A great deal of steam!
urge on with shouts
From this reading Halloo!
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
From this reading The pudding was out of the kettle.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A smell like a washing-day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A great deal of steam!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The pudding was out of the kettle.
any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
From this reading The pudding was out of the kettle.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading A smell like a washing-day.
travel by means of steam power
From this reading A great deal of steam!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the cloth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pudding was out of the kettle.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pudding was out of the kettle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A smell like a washing-day.
Chapter 5 of Third Reader: The Alexandra Readers by W. A. (William Albert) McIntyre holds 356 sentences, grouped into 72 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 356 sentences of Third Reader: The Alexandra Readers, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Third Reader: The Alexandra Readers by W. A. (William Albert) McIntyre exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 356 sentences, grouped into 72 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 72 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.
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