Chapter 7 of "Us, and our charge" is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of "Us, and our charge" is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes! We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse. Puff was the one who began it. When I told him to come to bed, he ran away. He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
Chapter 7 of "Us, and our charge" is here in full — 258 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading “PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading “PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!”
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading “Puff was the one who began it.”
plural of “scrape” — a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
the least favorable outcome
From this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
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In this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
In this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
In this reading “When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.”
as might be expected
In this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
In this reading “We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.”
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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 We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
(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 We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Puff was the one who began it.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
ten 10s
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
immediately past
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
many times at short intervals
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Puff was the one who began it.
and nothing more
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading Puff was the one who began it.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
plural of “scrape” — a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Puff was the one who began it.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Puff was the one who began it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading PAT LEAVES US IF only we could stop and think sometimes!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
at the time that
From this reading When I told him to come to bed, he ran away.
which person or people
From this reading Puff was the one who began it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading We do all our worst scrapes all in a minute, and this is what happened last night, and of course, being Sunday, it made it a hundred times worse.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He's often like that, and you can't reason with him.
Chapter 7 of "Us, and our charge" by Amy Le Feuvre holds 258 sentences, grouped into 52 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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