Chapter 1 of Happy and Gay Marching Away is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Happy and Gay Marching Away is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Introduction. Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be. Turn the leaves gently. The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them. How would you feel If any one tore up you?
Chapter 1 of Happy and Gay Marching Away is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.”
plural of “goat” — any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
From this reading “Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.”
the act of beginning something new
From this reading “Introduction.”
a large number or amount
From this reading “Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.”
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading “The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.”
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading “Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.”
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading “How would you feel If any one tore up you?”
a small amount (especially of a drink)
From this reading “Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
in a gradual manner
From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
plural of “goat” — any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
be the source of pain
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
the act of beginning something new
From this reading Introduction.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
a large number or amount
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
male cat
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
a small amount (especially of a drink)
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
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