Chapter 8 of "Us, and our donkey" is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of "Us, and our donkey" is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey. Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea. We all went along and helped him. He wrote up: "Wanted. A high-class donkey.
Chapter 8 of "Us, and our donkey" is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.”
third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.”
without deviation
From this reading “Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.”
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading “THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.”
the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
From this reading “THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.”
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “We all went along and helped him.”
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading “THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.”
a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
From this reading “Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.”
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 “Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.”
place so as to be noticed
In this reading “Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.”
cooperate or pretend to cooperate
In this reading “We all went along and helped him.”
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 high-class donkey.
later than; following
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
(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 all went along and helped him.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We all went along and helped him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We all went along and helped him.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
used as intensifiers
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
without deviation
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
disappointingly unsuccessful
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wrote up: "Wanted.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading We all went along and helped him.
pretentiously elegant
From this reading A high-class donkey.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We all went along and helped him.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
smoke and exhale strongly
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
any competition
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Denys put up the notice on the signpost directly after tea.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading He wrote up: "Wanted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We all went along and helped him.
at the time that
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading THE DONKEY RACE PUFF was awfully disappointed when we arrived home without the donkey.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading He wrote up: "Wanted.
Chapter 8 of "Us, and our donkey" by Amy Le Feuvre holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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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