Chapter 16 of Wood Cottage is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Wood Cottage is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BEN'S PRESENT. Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?" Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story. "You haven't been naughty, have you. O Kit!
Chapter 16 of Wood Cottage is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “BEN'S PRESENT.”
possessive form of “ben” — a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “BEN'S PRESENT.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.”
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading “O Kit!”
not able to be found
From this reading “Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"”
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading “"You haven't been naughty, have you.”
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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a youthful female person
In this reading “Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"”
In this reading “Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"”
In this reading “Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.”
In this reading “Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "You haven't been naughty, have you.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
possessive form of “ben” — a mountain or tall hill
From this reading BEN'S PRESENT.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
a young female
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You haven't been naughty, have you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You haven't been naughty, have you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading O Kit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
not able to be found
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading "You haven't been naughty, have you.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O Kit!
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading BEN'S PRESENT.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
in the near future
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
in the direction of
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
in or at the place that
From this reading Mrs. Gray looked towards the chair where she sat, and Kittie's tear-stained face told the story.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Soon Ben came in, and missing the little girl at the gate, cried, "Where's Kittie?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You haven't been naughty, have you.
Chapter 16 of Wood Cottage by M. E. (Mary Emma) Drewsen holds 75 sentences, grouped into 15 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.
Chapter 16 holds 75 sentences of Wood Cottage, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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