A small rug on the floor.
The blue rug has faded over years.
The cat keeps clawing at the rug.
The Rajah condescended to seat himself on a rug under the tree.
After the manservant had arranged his rugs and cushions the Rajah waved his hand to him and to the nurse.
There were rich colors in the rugs and hangings and pictures and books on the walls which made it look glowing and comfortable even in spite of the gray sky and falling rain.
Spit out that gum.
The gum stuck to my fingers.
Would you like some gum to chew?
You'll find a dusty attic.
These stairs will take you up to the attic.
There's a trapdoor into the attic.
The house, with kitchens and cellars below, had above the ground-floor, two stories and attics.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 50. The Morrel Family. I've caught a bug.
There's a bug crawling up your leg.
The bird caught a bug on the fly.
The sand began to work, and presently a small black bug appeared for a second and then darted under again in a fright.
Jim's eyes bugged out when he heard that; and I reckon mine did, too.
It was Jack-o'-lanterns, or lightning bugs; so he set down again, and went to watching, same as before.
Bat man toys.
The bat is flying.
I'm as blind as a bat without my glasses.
He put his hoop away, and his bat; there was no joy in them any more.
He had also contrived to catch a few bats, and these, also, he had eaten, leaving only their claws.
The bats chased the children a good distance; but the fugitives plunged into every new passage that offered, and at last got rid of the perilous things.
My dad loves to go fishing.
Dad and I had a good laugh over it.
Dad was clearing up in the kitchen.
A green frog.
A frog leaped out.
The witch changed the prince into a frog.
I shot head-first off of the bank like a frog, clothes and all on, and struck out for the canoe.
Then the princess ran to the door and opened it, and there she saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten.
And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke.
A nice funny squirrel.
Squirrel usually isn't pet.
We take many photos for this squirrel.
Soot had pushed away a squirrel and huddled close to him on his shoulder, the gray film dropped over his eyes.
A couple of squirrels set on a limb and jabbered at me very friendly.
He can charm foxes and squirrels and birds just as the natives in India charm snakes.
Santa Claus office.
Santa Claus will receive lots of letters.
Santa Claus is usually in red.
Miss England
Miss the bus.
I miss you so much.
Sid was sick and had to miss the fun; Mary remained at home to entertain him.
He bravely bore his miseries three weeks, and then one day turned up missing.
If the bodies continued missing until Sunday, all hope would be given over, and the funerals would be preached on that morning.
It's me.
It's not too late.
It always seems impossible until it's done.
Rabbits hop.
Every one could hop out.
It's a short hop from London to Paris.
We used to hop out of the woods and go charging down on hog-drivers and women in carts taking garden stuff to market, but we never hived any of them.
He hopped about and pecked the earth briskly, looking for seeds and insects.
She chirped, and talked, and coaxed and he hopped, and flirted his tail and twittered.
I mop the kitchen floor.
She bought a new white mop.
Please mop the floor.
Next bus to downtown.
Bus conductor.
The bus was jammed with people.
Get off my bike.
He got on his bike.
Let's go for a bike ride.
Red and Wide tape.
Shall I tie the package or tape it?
Be carefull; don't wipe the tape!
A rip in the book.
He will rip up the letter.
I heard the tent rip.
We just set there and watched him rip and tear around till he drownded.
The men ripped around awhile, and then rode away.
While I was cooking supper the old man took a swig or two and got sort of warmed up, and went to ripping again.
Fly kite.
He'll make a kite for me.
They watched the kite fall back.
Well, he's mended kites for me, Huck, and knitted hooks on to my line.
A tiny kitten.
The cat picked up the kitten.
The kitten uses that box as a bed.
Young puppy.
What a cute puppy!
The new puppy strayed from room to room.
An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill The children seemed to tumble about and amuse themselves like a litter of rough, good-natured collie puppies.
A dog sled.
He was riding the sled.
The sled is big enough for three children.
We shall fry in this hot sun.
Fry the onions until they soften.
The ground was hot enough to fry an egg on.
When dinner-time drew nigh, Catherine took a nice steak, which was all the meat she had, and put it on the fire to fry.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers GrimmContext Highlight In FREDERICK AND CATHERINE I catched a good big catfish, too, and Jim cleaned him with his knife, and fried him.
They fried the fish with the bacon, and were astonished; for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.
Give your old Grandma a kiss.
Grandma lives in an old cottage.
Times have changed since Grandma was young.
She lives with her mom and dad.
Thanks for being such a good mom.
My mom says I have to stay home tonight.
There's a sharp bend ahead.
It's hard to bend an iron bar.
She can't bend him to her will.
We went drifting down into a big bend, and the night clouded up and got hot.
That night about ten we hove in sight of the lights of a town away down in a left-hand bend.
But I reckon it was more than a cat-nap, for when I waked up the stars was shining bright, the fog was all gone, and I was spinning down a big bend stern first.
I can dive under the water.
Unlike some birds, it does not dive vertically.
Let's dive in,supper is ready.
Examine the past and the present, and endeavor to dive into futurity, and then say whether I am not a divine instrument.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 112. The Departure. Dantes dived again, and remained a long time beneath the water.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen. Jacopo dived into the hold and soon returned with what Edmond wanted.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen. The paper is stuck to my finger.
I'm stuck in the mud!
She got the key stuck in the lock.
He had rubies and emeralds and diamonds stuck all over him.
I sometimes made little beds in the sand and stuck flowers in them.
Then they all stuck a pin in their fingers to get blood to sign with, and I made my mark on the paper.
A loud bump.
He got a bump on the head.
They will probably bump you off!
Dr. Craven started in actual alarm and Mrs. Medlock almost fell back because he had accidentally bumped against her.
Lakeside campground.
The rain would turn their campground to mud.
The campground has a swimming pool.
Lettuce salad.
Buy a lettuce and some tomatoes.
Wash the lettuce and tear into pieces.
He went and sat beside her.
She sat in the corner.
The books sat unread on the shelf for years.
So they sat down, and nobody spoke for some minutes.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER IX. The Mock Turtle's Story Mary sat in her corner of the railway carriage and looked plain and fretful.
The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes: then it watched the Queen till she was out of sight: then it chuckled.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER IX. The Mock Turtle's Story She gave her mother a big hug.
Dave opened his arms to give her a hug.
I just want to hug you so much.
I run along the bank a piece and got aboard, and Jim he grabbed me and hugged me, he was so glad to see me.
Mary Jane she went for him, Susan and the hare-lip went for the duke, and then such another hugging and kissing I never see yet.
So she didn't lose no time, but asked him; and hugged him and kissed him over and over again, and then turned him over to the old man, and he took what was left.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainContext Highlight In CHAPTER XXXIII. A little hamster.
My brother had a hamster.
A hamster will sit up and beg for food.
Baseball cap.
He was on the baseball team.
He coached a baseball team last year.
This meat is difficult to chew.
Chew your food well before swallow.
You should chew over this thing.
He promised to abstain from smoking, chewing, and profanity as long as he remained a member.
That was agreeable, so they chewed it turn about, and dangled their legs against the bench in excess of contentment.
But none of the pirates smoked or "chewed" but himself.
We saw three pandas in the zoo.
She led the children into the zoo.
The tiger escaped from the zoo for hours.
What kind of shampoo do you use?
Wet your hair and apply the shampoo.
How often do you shampoo your hair?
The classroom was full of activity.
There are forty people in the classroom.
We go to the classroom in sequence.
Halloween costumes.
His face looks like a Halloween mask.
I wore a dress to a Halloween party
After school, we played soccer.
Soccer referees have a thankless task.
France and Spain met in the soccer cup final.
It's squares for hopscotch.
The children start to play hopscotch.
At hopscotch, the best hoppers are kids.