Chapter 29 of Twinkle and Chubbins is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Twinkle and Chubbins is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken. But no one was anywhere in sight. So she started on again. "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time. She looked at her feet very carefully.
Chapter 29 of Twinkle and Chubbins is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading “But no one was anywhere in sight.”
taking care or paying attention
From this reading “She looked at her feet very carefully.”
uttered with a trill
From this reading “The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.”
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading “The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “So she started on again.”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “"Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.”
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.
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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 "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
anew
From this reading So she started on again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
at or in or to any place
From this reading But no one was anywhere in sight.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked at her feet very carefully.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But no one was anywhere in sight.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading She looked at her feet very carefully.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading She looked at her feet very carefully.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked at her feet very carefully.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But no one was anywhere in sight.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
not any; not one
From this reading But no one was anywhere in sight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So she started on again.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But no one was anywhere in sight.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
uttered with a trill
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So she started on again.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading But no one was anywhere in sight.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she started on again.
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading So she started on again.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
precisely as stated
From this reading She looked at her feet very carefully.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But no one was anywhere in sight.
which person or people
From this reading The Rolling Stone OF course Twinkle stopped then, and looked around to see who had spoken.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Look out, or you'll step on me!" cried the voice a second time.
Chapter 29 of Twinkle and Chubbins by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 67 sentences, grouped into 14 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.
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