Chapter 4 of Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg: Bed Time Stories is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg: Bed Time Stories is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around. "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie. "We shouldn't have done it." "No," cried Buddy, suddenly. "I haven't gone home!
Chapter 4 of Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg: Bed Time Stories is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “"No," cried Buddy, suddenly.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “"Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.”
roused to anger
From this reading “"Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.”
by chance
From this reading “"Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.”
cover with planks
From this reading “"Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.”
with speed
From this reading “"Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “"Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “"Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
for the reason that
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading "No," cried Buddy, suddenly.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "No," cried Buddy, suddenly.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "We shouldn't have done it."
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We shouldn't have done it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I haven't gone home!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I haven't gone home!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "We shouldn't have done it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
roused to anger
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
by chance
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
not any; not one
From this reading "No," cried Buddy, suddenly.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
cover with planks
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
with speed
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We shouldn't have done it."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading "No," cried Buddy, suddenly.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Maybe he got mad, because we jumped off the plank so quickly and he has run home," suggested Johnnie.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, where has he gone to?" asked Billie, looking around.
Chapter 4 of Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg: Bed Time Stories by Howard Roger Garis holds 500 sentences, grouped into 100 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 4 holds 500 sentences of Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg: Bed Time Stories, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg: Bed Time Stories by Howard Roger Garis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 500 sentences, grouped into 100 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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About 165 minutes of reading across 397 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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