Chapter 15 of Billy Whiskers at Home is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Billy Whiskers at Home is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!” “All right,” answered Button. “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.” “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?” “Why, they are delicious!
Chapter 15 of Billy Whiskers at Home is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
plural of “chum” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading ““Why, they are delicious!”
the act of consuming food
From this reading ““I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.””
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading ““I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.””
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading ““How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?””
offensively malodorous
From this reading ““How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?””
short and blunt
From this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
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In this reading ““How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?””
communicate the intended meaning or impression
In this reading “THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!””
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
(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 “All right,” answered Button.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “All right,” answered Button.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
plural of “chum” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
the act of consuming food
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
above and across; more than
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right,” answered Button.
offensively malodorous
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
in the near future
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
short and blunt
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHUMS HAVE A DAY OFF “Ho, Stubby and Button, come over here a minute!”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I’ll be there as soon as I finish eating this fish head.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, they are delicious!
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How in the world can you enjoy those nasty, smelly things?”
Chapter 15 of Billy Whiskers at Home by Frances Trego Montgomery holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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 15 holds 156 sentences of Billy Whiskers at Home, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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