Chapter 5 of Vicky Van is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Vicky Van is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VICKY'S WAYS "Ches-ter Cal-houn! Get up this minute! There's a reporter downstairs! A reporter!" My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
Chapter 5 of Vicky Van is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.”
on a floor below
From this reading “There's a reporter downstairs!”
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
From this reading “My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.”
repeated heavy blows
From this reading “My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.”
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading “There's a reporter downstairs!”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading “My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.”
ready to fall asleep
From this reading “My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.”
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading “VICKY'S WAYS "Ches-ter Cal-houn!”
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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 There's a reporter downstairs!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
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From this reading VICKY'S WAYS "Ches-ter Cal-houn!
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From this reading VICKY'S WAYS "Ches-ter Cal-houn!
on a floor below
From this reading There's a reporter downstairs!
opinion or judgment
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get up this minute!
characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Get up this minute!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
repeated heavy blows
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
From this reading There's a reporter downstairs!
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
ready to fall asleep
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's a reporter downstairs!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Get up this minute!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Get up this minute!
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From this reading VICKY'S WAYS "Ches-ter Cal-houn!
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading VICKY'S WAYS "Ches-ter Cal-houn!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My sleepy eyes opened to find Winnie pounding my shoulder as it humped beneath the blanket.
Chapter 5 of Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells holds 251 sentences, grouped into 51 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 251 sentences of Vicky Van, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 251 sentences, grouped into 51 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Vicky Van, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
