4th Grade Spelling Words With Definition

I took the axe and smashed in the door.

It was the leaves and rubbish on the raft and the smashed oar.

The other oar was smashed off, and the raft was littered up with leaves and branches and dirt.

Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me.

After a dainty egg and fish dinner, Tom said he wanted to learn to smoke, now.

We will leave them to smoke and chatter and brag, since we have no further use for them at present.

Sometimes the rook flapped his black wings and soared away over the tree-tops in the park.

Death is an electric shock which our heart receives; the freed soul soars upwards on the wings of electricity.

Keep the river road all the way, and next time you tramp take shoes and socks with you.

If I were to live, this place would sometime belong to me.

She had heard it twice now, and sometime she would find out.

"Us'll have him out here sometime for sure," said Dickon.

The judge he felt kind of sore.

Within five minutes he was dressed and down-stairs, feeling sore and drowsy.

So the boy eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and held it up for inspection.

Each stroke of the oar seemed to awaken a new throng of ideas, which sprang up with the flying spray of the sea.

And he touched the ceiling with the spray, and the ceiling rose so high, and where he had touched it there gleamed a golden star.

Edmond felt the trembling of the rock beneath which he lay; the waves, dashing themselves against it, wetted him with their spray.

The question now was, if he could squeeze himself through the grating, for he had never tried before.

He turned his head on his pillow and shut his eyes and a big tear was squeezed out and ran down his cheek.

In time, after many squeezes, Tom managed to sign his initials, using the ball of his little finger for a pen.

No matter what the subject might be, a brainracking effort was made to squirm it into some aspect or other that the moral and religious mind could contemplate with edification.

At this moment a shadow passed rapidly before the opening; Dantes seized his gun, sprang through the opening, and mounted the stair.

So they got ready to go down stairs again.

So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.

Each stalk served as a perch for a grasshopper, which regaled the passers by through this Egyptian scene with its strident, monotonous note.

There stood fine hyacinths under glass bells, and there stood strong-stemmed peonies; there grew water plants, some so fresh, others half sick, the water-snakes lay down on them, and black crabs pinched their stalks.

One man asked me if I see the niggers steal it.

Presently the boy began to steal furtive glances at the girl.

Gradually their talk died out and drowsiness began to steal upon the eyelids of the little waifs.

This time he was both seen and heard, and the tartan instantly steered towards him.

Two of the men from Jacopo's boat came on board the yacht to assist in navigating it, and he gave orders that she should be steered direct to Marseilles.

There was a stiff, plain little girl rather like herself.

This was a bad beginning and Mary marched up to him with her stiff manner.

His arms became stiff, his legs lost their flexibility, and he was almost breathless.

The straw, however, began to burn, broke in two pieces, and fell into the stream.

They had something to eat and drink; and then went into a corner, where straw and carpets were lying.

And round about the wheel went merrily; the work was quickly done, and the straw was all spun into gold.

I shall come back to dessert; keep me some strawberries, coffee, and cigars.

But I am not surprised; the spring has been warm this year, and strawberries require heat, sir.

He had twelve leaves and about as many strawberries, which, on rising suddenly, he let fall from his hand.

The boys thought of the closet, but their strength was gone.

The strength which Colin usually threw into his tantrums rushed through him now in a new way.

He really did not mind being snubbed since the snubbing meant that the lad was gaining strength and spirit.

The giants were terrified, they were afraid that he would strike them all dead, and ran away in a great hurry.

Mary was startled and sorry when she heard the big clock in the courtyard strike the hour of her midday dinner.

As Mary had skipped toward him she felt something heavy in her pocket strike against her at each jump, and when she saw the robin she laughed again.

They were not talkative at supper that night.

The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time.

After supper there was still a long clear twilight to work in and that was her quiet time.

It warn't no slouch of an idea; and it warn't no slouch of a grindstone nuther; but we allowed we'd tackle it.

They tackled missionarying, and mesmerizing, and doctoring, and telling fortunes, and a little of everything; but they couldn't seem to have no luck.

He spied the beetle; the drooping tail lifted and wagged.

She chirped, and talked, and coaxed and he hopped, and flirted his tail and twittered.

But the arrow did the bird no harm; only it dropped a golden feather from its tail, and then flew away.

The tale was long, but brimful of interest.

They were a vain and boastful company of heroes when the tale was done.

Yes, if a fairy tale would come of its own accord; but they are proud and haughty, and come only when they choose.

At this Fernand recollected her threat of dying if Edmond died, and dropped again heavily on his seat.

Between people like us threats are out of place, everything should be amicably arranged.

Monte Cristo had pronounced the name of Fernand with such an expression of hatred that Mercedes felt a thrill of horror run through every vein.

The thrilling, masterly, and blood-curdling Broad-sword conflict In.

Colin and Mary found it one of their most thrilling sources of entertainment.

He was pushed in on a thing with wheels and the skins of wild animals were thrown over him.

Then some of the wood that had been carelessly thrown down, caught fire and began to blaze.

But at last he had felt tired and had thrown himself down to rest on a carpet of moss by a stream.

So Tom unwound the thread from one of his needles, and each boy pricked the ball of his thumb and squeezed out a drop of blood.

"Ben Weatherstaff," he answered, and then he added with a surly chuckle, "I'm lonely mysel except when he's with me," and he jerked his thumb toward the robin.

The names of all, including Carlini, were placed in a hat, and the youngest of the band drew forth a ticket; the ticket bore the name of Diovolaccio.

And now at this moment, when hope was dead, Tom Sawyer came forward with nine yellow tickets, nine red tickets, and ten blue ones, and demanded a Bible.

He waylaid other boys as they came, and went on buying tickets of various colors ten or fifteen minutes longer.

Oh, it is dry again, and is not hurt at all; the string is quite tight.

So I judged they had our gang in a pretty tight place right at the outstart.

Providence had stood by me this fur all right, but I was hard and tight aground now.

Mary drank some tea and ate a little toast and some marmalade.

"It'll be fine tomorrow," said Dickon.

Then, turning towards Beauchamp, "If you have anything to attend to, Beauchamp, do it directly; if you have any appointment for this evening, defer it till tomorrow."