Chapter 2 of Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat. Biting hard on my breath, sort of. For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur. Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together. I tell you it was risky for us.
Chapter 2 of Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
large or big relative to something else
From this reading “Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.”
capable of wounding
From this reading “Biting hard on my breath, sort of.”
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.”
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
From this reading “For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.”
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
From this reading “Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.”
involving risk or danger
From this reading “I tell you it was risky for us.”
singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
From this reading “THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.”
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
From this reading “Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.”
at or in the front
In this reading “For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.”
create by putting components or members together
In this reading “Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.”
In this reading “THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.”
get involved in or with
In this reading “THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
large or big relative to something else
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
capable of wounding
From this reading Biting hard on my breath, sort of.
a youthful male person
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Biting hard on my breath, sort of.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
opinion or judgment
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
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From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Biting hard on my breath, sort of.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I tell you it was risky for us.
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Biting hard on my breath, sort of.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Biting hard on my breath, sort of.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Biting hard on my breath, sort of.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
precisely, exactly
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
involving risk or danger
From this reading I tell you it was risky for us.
singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Biting hard on my breath, sort of.
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
express in words
From this reading I tell you it was risky for us.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
in or at that place or location
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading THE BOY IN THE TREE I got into the bushes quick as scat.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I tell you it was risky for us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur.
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 Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I tell you it was risky for us.
Chapter 2 of Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog by Leo Edwards holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 2 holds 124 sentences of Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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