Chapter 3 of Cappy Ricks is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Cappy Ricks is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee. “I have a cablegram--” Mr. Skinner began. “I have a good story,” Cappy interrupted. “Let me tell it to you, Skinner. Oh, dear!
Chapter 3 of Cappy Ricks is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a telegram sent abroad
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
twice as great or many
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
a person or firm that employs workers
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
great merriment
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
plural of “rick” — a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
mentally or physically infirm with age
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
United States actor (1858-1942)
From this reading “On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “I have a cablegram--” Mr. Skinner began.
a telegram sent abroad
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
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From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh, dear!
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
twice as great or many
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
a person or firm that employs workers
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
set up or found
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
great merriment
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I have a good story,” Cappy interrupted.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have a cablegram--” Mr. Skinner began.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have a cablegram--” Mr. Skinner began.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “I have a good story,” Cappy interrupted.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Let me tell it to you, Skinner.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me tell it to you, Skinner.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let me tell it to you, Skinner.
a form of address for a man
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, dear!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
plural of “rick” — a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
mentally or physically infirm with age
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
United States actor (1858-1942)
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “I have a good story,” Cappy interrupted.
express in words
From this reading “Let me tell it to you, Skinner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Let me tell it to you, Skinner.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
in the company of; together with
From this reading On a certain day in February Mr. Skinner, coming into Cappy Ricks' office with a cablegram in his hand, found his employer doubled up at his desk and laughing in senile glee.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Let me tell it to you, Skinner.
Chapter 3 of Cappy Ricks by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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