Love-Songs of Childhood

Chapter III · Chapter 3

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Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

Some folks called him Sooner, a name that arose From his predisposition to chronic repose; But, rouse his ambition, he couldn't be beat-- Yer bet yer he got thar on all his four feet!

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Love-Songs of Childhood Eugene Field

Chapter III

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Love-Songs of Childhood is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts! Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts! For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo! THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice. Some folks called him Sooner, a name that arose From his predisposition to chronic repose; But, rouse his ambition, he couldn't be beat-- Yer bet yer he got thar on all his four feet!

Love-Songs of Childhood

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Love-Songs of Childhood is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

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Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

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For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

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THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

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Some folks called him Sooner, a name that arose From his predisposition to chronic repose; But, rouse his ambition, he couldn't be beat-- Yer bet yer he got thar on all his four feet!

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chronic adjective US /ˈkrɑːnɪk/

being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

From this reading “Some folks called him Sooner, a name that arose From his predisposition to chronic repose; But, rouse his ambition, he couldn't be beat-- Yer bet yer he got thar on all his four feet!”

gleeful adjective US /ˈɡliːfəl/

full of high-spirited delight

From this reading “Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!”

googling verb US /ˈɡuːɡlɪŋ/

-ing form of “google” — search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine

From this reading “For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!”

nary adjective US /ˈneri/

(used with singular count nouns) colloquial for “not a” or “not one” or “never a”

From this reading “THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.”

predisposition noun US /ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən/

susceptibility to a pathogen

rouse verb US /raʊs/

become active

vice noun US /vaɪs/

moral weakness

From this reading “THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.”

warms verb US /wɔːrmz/

third-person singular of “warm” — get warm or warmer

From this reading “For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

affrightnoun

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 Some folks called him Sooner, a name that arose From his predisposition to chronic repose; But, rouse his ambition, he couldn't be beat-- Yer bet yer he got thar on all his four feet!

ambitionnounUS /æmˈbɪʃən/

a cherished desire

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

armsnounUS /ɑːrmz/

weapons considered collectively

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

aroseverbUS /ərˈoʊz/

inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

beatverbUS /biːt/

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Begone

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From this reading Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

BENCH-LEGGED

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From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

betverbUS /bet/

maintain with or as if with a bet

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

callverbUS /kɔːl/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

calledverbUS /kɔːld/

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

chronicadjectiveUS /ˈkrɑːnɪk/

being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

couldn't

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dorgs

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From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

doubtsnounUS /daʊts/

plural of “doubt” — the state of being unsure of something

From this reading Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

dreadnounUS /dred/

fearful expectation or anticipation

From this reading Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

feetnounUS /fiːt/

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

folksnounUS /foʊks/

your parents

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

forebodings

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From this reading Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

fournounUS /fɔːr/

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

FromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

FYCE

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From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

gleefuladjectiveUS /ˈɡliːfəl/

full of high-spirited delight

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

googlingverbUS /ˈɡuːɡlɪŋ/

-ing form of “google” — search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

Googly-Goo

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From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

gotverbUS /ɡɑːt/

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

hearverbUS /hiːr/

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

heartnounUS /hɑːrt/

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

Hed

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From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

killingnounUS /ˈkɪlɪŋ/

an event that causes someone to die

From this reading Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

mostadverbUS /moʊst/

used to form the superlative

From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

nameverbUS /neɪm/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

naryadjectiveUS /ˈneri/

(used with singular count nouns) colloquial for “not a” or “not one” or “never a”

From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

onounUS /oʊ/

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 THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

oogling

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From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

predispositionnounUS /ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən/

susceptibility to a pathogen

reposeverbUS /riˈpoʊz/

put or confide something in a person or thing

rouseverbUS /raʊs/

become active

shoutsnounUS /ʃaʊts/

plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

SomeadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

SooneradverbUS /ˈsuːnər/

comparatives of “soon” or “early”

Speakin

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From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

thar

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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

ThenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts!

throughprepositionUS /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

vicenounUS /vaɪs/

moral weakness

From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

virtuesnounUS /ˈvɜːrtʃuːz/

plural of “virtue” — the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

From this reading THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.

warmsverbUS /wɔːrmz/

third-person singular of “warm” — get warm or warmer

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo!

yepronounUS /jiː/

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts!

Yer

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