Chapter 3 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite? Mammy's li'l' boy, mammy's li'l' boy! Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight? Mammy's li'l' baby boy. Byo baby boy, oh bye, By-o, li'l boy!
Chapter 3 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “Mammy's li'l' baby boy.”
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading “Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?”
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
From this reading “Byo baby boy, oh bye, By-o, li'l boy!”
clothing in general
From this reading “Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?”
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading “Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?”
an instance of visual perception
From this reading “Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?”
plural of “tater” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading “Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “Mammy's li'l' baby boy.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Mammy's li'l' baby boy.
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
a youthful male person
From this reading Mammy's li'l' boy, mammy's li'l' boy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Byo baby boy, oh bye, By-o, li'l boy!
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
From this reading Byo baby boy, oh bye, By-o, li'l boy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Byo baby boy, oh bye, By-o, li'l boy!
clothing in general
From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
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From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
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From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
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From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
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From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
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From this reading Mammy's li'l' boy, mammy's li'l' boy!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
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From this reading Mammy's li'l' boy, mammy's li'l' boy!
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Byo baby boy, oh bye, By-o, li'l boy!
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
plural of “tater” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
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From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
which person or people
From this reading Who all time er-trottin' ter de kitchen fer er bite?
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading Who mess 'esef wi' taters twell his clothes dey look er sight?
Chapter 3 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience by Grenville [Compiler] Kleiser holds 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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 3 holds 359 sentences of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience by Grenville [Compiler] Kleiser exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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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