Chapter 4 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps. He went like the wind. No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride. In a few seconds Charlie was thrown. Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
Chapter 4 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading “No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.”
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading “The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.”
made afraid
From this reading “The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.”
plural of “jump” — a sudden and decisive increase
From this reading “The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.”
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading “Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.”
a small lake
From this reading “Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.”
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading “In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.”
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In this reading “In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.”
In this reading “Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.”
In this reading “He went like the wind.”
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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 No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
made afraid
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went like the wind.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
plural of “jump” — a sudden and decisive increase
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He went like the wind.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
not any; not one
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
above and across; more than
From this reading Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
a small lake
From this reading Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Over and over he went, and struck on the edge of a muddy pond.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading In a few seconds Charlie was thrown.
precisely as stated
From this reading No one laughed, for it was a very dangerous ride.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The deer was frightened, and was making his best jumps.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He went like the wind.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading He went like the wind.
Chapter 4 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets by Oscar M. [Editor] Dunham holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 4 holds 397 sentences of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Noon-Day Fancies for Our Little Pets by Oscar M. [Editor] Dunham exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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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