Chapter 20 of Tripping with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 20 of Tripping with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown. NEW YORK, April .., 19... MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get. Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written. Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
Chapter 20 of Tripping with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who writes chronicles
From this reading “Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.”
manner of acting or controlling yourself
From this reading “Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.”
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading “MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.”
plural of “in-law” — a relative by marriage
From this reading “Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.”
of or relating to the system for delivering mail
From this reading “Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.”
plural of “saying” — a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading “Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.”
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From this reading NEW YORK, April .., 19...
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
(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 Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading NEW YORK, April .., 19...
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
someone who writes chronicles
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
a special loved one
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
manner of acting or controlling yourself
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
steadfast in affection or allegiance
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
a social unit living together
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
plural of “in-law” — a relative by marriage
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
the literary culture
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
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 Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MORE LETTERS Mrs. Edwin Green, from Mrs. Kent Brown.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW YORK, April .., 19...
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
of or relating to the system for delivering mail
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
plural of “saying” — a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
under normal conditions
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mother Brown, the usually faithful chronicler of all the doings and sayings of the family, had cut us off with a postal.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading NEW YORK, April .., 19...
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Kent and I had begun to feel like -in-laws, it had been so long since you had written.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MOLLY DARLING: Your letter was good to get.
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