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Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs)
Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs)

Chapter I

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Context Illustration Reading 1/97 · 5 lines
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Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.
Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.
Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.
Handsomely bound in cloth.
Size 6-1/2 x 8-1/4.
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AI-generated narration by OpenAI · Slow US English
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs)

Chapter I

Reading 1/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.
Line 2
Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.
Line 3
Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.
Line 4
Handsomely bound in cloth.
Line 5
Size 6-1/2 x 8-1/4.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.”

All words in this reading · 50

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1

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2

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31

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4

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6

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8

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From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

aloud

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From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

Author

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Automobile

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booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

bound

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From this reading Handsomely bound in cloth.

Boys

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Camping

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cloth

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From this reading Handsomely bound in cloth.

colored

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From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

contains

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From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

Daddy

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From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

day

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From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

etc

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Five

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From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

folks

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From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

groups

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From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

Handsomely

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From this reading Handsomely bound in cloth.

illustrations

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From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Handsomely bound in cloth.

intended

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From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

Island

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From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

Littletail

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month

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From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

night

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From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

reading

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From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

Sammie

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Size

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From this reading Size 6-1/2 x 8-1/4.

Smith

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From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

stories

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Susie

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Takes

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Five groups of books, intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night.

Uncle

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From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

UspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Author of “Sammie and Susie Littletail,” “Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile,” “Daddy Takes Us Camping,” “The Smith Boys,” “The Island Boys,” etc.

volume

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From this reading Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.

Wiggily's

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x

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