Chapter 11 of A laugh a day keeps the doctor away is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of A laugh a day keeps the doctor away is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off. He’s been porely all spring. Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy. We’re feared paw’s powerful sick. He’s feared, too.”
Chapter 11 of A laugh a day keeps the doctor away is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading ““Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.”
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “We’re feared paw’s powerful sick.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.”
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading ““Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.”
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading “We’re feared paw’s powerful sick.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “We’re feared paw’s powerful sick.”
the season of growth
From this reading “He’s been porely all spring.”
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading ““Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.”
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In this reading “Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.”
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From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
(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 He’s been porely all spring.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He’s been porely all spring.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading We’re feared paw’s powerful sick.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s been porely all spring.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s been porely all spring.
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading We’re feared paw’s powerful sick.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading We’re feared paw’s powerful sick.
the season of growth
From this reading He’s been porely all spring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now he’s down flat in bed and ailin’ stiddy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He’s feared, too.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’re feared paw’s powerful sick.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “Oh,” said the youth, “paw’s mighty bad off.
Chapter 11 of A laugh a day keeps the doctor away by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 11 holds 409 sentences of A laugh a day keeps the doctor away, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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