Chapter 6 of Little Grandfather is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Little Grandfather is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER. "Come on, Billy Button." "O, Gid Noonin, I can't." "Why not? Got the cramp?"
Chapter 6 of Little Grandfather is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “"Come on, Billy Button."”
a youthful male person
From this reading “THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.”
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “"Come on, Billy Button."”
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
From this reading “Got the cramp?"”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Got the cramp?"”
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.”
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.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading "Come on, Billy Button."
a youthful male person
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading "Come on, Billy Button."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O, Gid Noonin, I can't."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come on, Billy Button."
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
From this reading Got the cramp?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O, Gid Noonin, I can't."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Got the cramp?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "O, Gid Noonin, I can't."
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O, Gid Noonin, I can't."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why not?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O, Gid Noonin, I can't."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Come on, Billy Button."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BOY THAT MEANT TO MIND HIS MOTHER.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why not?
Chapter 6 of Little Grandfather by Sophie May holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 6 holds 185 sentences of Little Grandfather, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Little Grandfather by Sophie May exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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