Chapter 5 of Mighty Mikko is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Mighty Mikko is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said: "Where are you going now?" "I'm going hunting," he told her. "Isn't that just like you!" she cried. "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
Chapter 5 of Mighty Mikko is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “"You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"”
plural of “arrow” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:”
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading “One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:”
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “"I'm going hunting," he told her.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “"You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:”
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a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
In this reading “"You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"”
In this reading “"You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"”
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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 "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
Having no one else present.
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Where are you going now?"
plural of “arrow” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Isn't that just like you!" she cried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
the act of departing
From this reading "Where are you going now?"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm going hunting," he told her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading "I'm going hunting," he told her.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm going hunting," he told her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Isn't that just like you!" she cried.
and nothing more
From this reading "Isn't that just like you!" she cried.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Isn't that just like you!" she cried.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Where are you going now?"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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cut with a saw
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Isn't that just like you!" she cried.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "I'm going hunting," he told her.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
at the time that
From this reading One morning when she saw her husband taking out his bow and arrows she said:
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where are you going now?"
which person or people
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where are you going now?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're going off to have a good time hunting and you don't give a thought to me who have to stay home alone with two stupid old people!"
Chapter 5 of Mighty Mikko by Parker Fillmore holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 426 sentences of Mighty Mikko, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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