Chapter 21 of Love Among the Chickens is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Love Among the Chickens is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters. "Is that you, Garny, old horse? What's up? What's the matter? Has everyone gone mad?
Chapter 21 of Love Among the Chickens is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading “AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.”
every person
From this reading “Has everyone gone mad?”
plural of “looter” — someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
From this reading “AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.”
roused to anger
From this reading “Has everyone gone mad?”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.”
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading “AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.”
accept gladly
From this reading “AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.”
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.”
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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 AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
later than; following
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
past form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
every person
From this reading Has everyone gone mad?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Is that you, Garny, old horse?
destroyed or killed
From this reading Has everyone gone mad?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has everyone gone mad?
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading "Is that you, Garny, old horse?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is that you, Garny, old horse?
plural of “looter” — someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
roused to anger
From this reading Has everyone gone mad?
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading What's the matter?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Is that you, Garny, old horse?
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Is that you, Garny, old horse?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading What's up?
accept gladly
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's up?
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading AFTER THE STORM A yell of welcome drowned the tumult of the looters.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Is that you, Garny, old horse?
Chapter 21 of Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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.
Chapter 21 holds 195 sentences of Love Among the Chickens, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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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