Chapter 8 of Vacation with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Vacation with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LETTERS. To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison. Willoughby Beach, July--, 191--. My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us. It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
Chapter 8 of Vacation with the Tucker Twins is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “Willoughby Beach, July--, 191--.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.”
superlative of “grand” — of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading “My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “Willoughby Beach, July--, 191--.”
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading “To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison.”
plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading “It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.”
plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.”
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move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.”
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From this reading Willoughby Beach, July--, 191--.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
(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 My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading Willoughby Beach, July--, 191--.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
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From this reading To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison.
at any time
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
superlative of “grand” — of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading Willoughby Beach, July--, 191--.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
the literary culture
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison.
plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
carry out
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Dr. James Allison from Page Allison.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
during the time that
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Willoughby Beach, July--, 191--.
plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading My Dearest Father: We are having the grandest time that ever was and all we want now is for you to take a little holiday and come down to see us.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It would do you worlds of good and surely your patients can let you go for a little while.
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