Chapter 3 of Up Terrapin River is here in full — 276 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Up Terrapin River is here in full — 276 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The house was situated on a hill near the river. From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen. Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature. The house was built of logs and contained two rooms. In one of the rooms there was a great fireplace.
Chapter 3 of Up Terrapin River is here in full — 276 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
From this reading “Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.”
gotten under control
From this reading “The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.”
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
From this reading “From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.”
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “In one of the rooms there was a great fireplace.”
plural of “log” — a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
From this reading “The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.”
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.”
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading “The house was situated on a hill near the river.”
closely encircling
From this reading “Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.”
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 “From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.”
In this reading “The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.”
In this reading “In one of the rooms there was a great fireplace.”
In this reading “The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.”
In this reading “The house was situated on a hill near the river.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 house was situated on a hill near the river.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.
pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
From this reading Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.
gotten under control
From this reading The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading In one of the rooms there was a great fireplace.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading In one of the rooms there was a great fireplace.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In one of the rooms there was a great fireplace.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
plural of “log” — a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
From this reading The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
closely encircling
From this reading Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
in or at that place or location
From this reading In one of the rooms there was a great fireplace.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every surrounding was attractive to a lover of nature.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The house was built of logs and contained two rooms.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The house was situated on a hill near the river.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading From one of its windows the crystal stream could be seen.
Chapter 3 of Up Terrapin River by Opie Percival Read holds 276 sentences, grouped into 56 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 3 holds 276 sentences of Up Terrapin River, unabridged, divided into 56 reading sections.
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