Chapter 5 of Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs) is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs) is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out: “Oh, be careful, Bully. Jump! Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!” “What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.
Chapter 5 of Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs) is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading ““Oh, be careful, Bully.”
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading ““Oh, be careful, Bully.”
take in solid food
From this reading “Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:”
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Jump!”
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
From this reading “Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:”
not openly expressed
From this reading “Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.
large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
From this reading “What about the cocoanut?” asked Bully.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
take in solid food
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Jump!
and nothing more
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, be careful, Bully.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
not openly expressed
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
at the time that
From this reading Well, he didn’t know what to do, and the fox was just sneaking up to eat him when Kittie Kat cried out:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Jump into the water so the fox can’t get you!”
Chapter 5 of Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs) by Howard Roger Garis holds 482 sentences, grouped into 97 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 5 holds 482 sentences of Bully and Bawly No-Tail (the Jumping Frogs), unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
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