Chapter 6 of Nights With Uncle Remus is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Nights With Uncle Remus is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.' "'O Riley Rabbit, why so? Son Riley Rabbit, why so?' "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone. I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.
Chapter 6 of Nights With Uncle Remus is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.”
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading “"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “"'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.”
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading “"'O Riley Rabbit, why so?”
United States poet (1849-1916)
From this reading “"'O Riley Rabbit, why so?”
a male human offspring
From this reading “Son Riley Rabbit, why so?'”
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From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
destroyed or killed
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, my luck done gone.
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 Riley Rabbit, why so?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I put dat foot down 'pon de groun'.
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading "'O Riley Rabbit, why so?
United States poet (1849-1916)
From this reading "'O Riley Rabbit, why so?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "'O Riley Rabbit, why so?
a male human offspring
From this reading Son Riley Rabbit, why so?'
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "'O Riley Rabbit, why so?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'Mammy-Bammy Big-Money, I los' de foot you gim me.'
Chapter 6 of Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 448 sentences of Nights With Uncle Remus, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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