Chapter 4 of "Us, and our charge" is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of "Us, and our charge" is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back. "Here, you girls, got any sashes? We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff. He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up." Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
Chapter 4 of "Us, and our charge" is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading “Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.”
a steep high face of rock
From this reading “We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.”
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading “Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.”
plural of “sash” — a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
From this reading “"Here, you girls, got any sashes?”
caught or fixed
From this reading “He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."”
shedding tears
From this reading “A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.”
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.
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In this reading “A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.”
In this reading “"Here, you girls, got any sashes?”
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 A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Here, you girls, got any sashes?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
a boy or man
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading "Here, you girls, got any sashes?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Here, you girls, got any sashes?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here, you girls, got any sashes?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
engage in
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
free from harm or evil
From this reading A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.
a strong line
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
plural of “sash” — a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
From this reading "Here, you girls, got any sashes?
caught or fixed
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
shedding tears
From this reading A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading A RESCUE THEN Aylwin came tearing back.
in or at that place or location
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lynette and I got out of the cart hurriedly and Puff followed us.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must make a rope; there's a fellow a good way down the cliff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He has stuck there, can't get up or down—we'll have to get him up."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Here, you girls, got any sashes?
Chapter 4 of "Us, and our charge" by Amy Le Feuvre holds 244 sentences, grouped into 49 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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