Chapter 2 of Perkins of Portland: Perkins The Great is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Perkins of Portland: Perkins The Great is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Great idea! O-no-to-what-you-may-call-it water. Big jug full. Jug too blamed big. Yes?
Chapter 2 of Perkins of Portland: Perkins The Great is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Big jug full.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Jug too blamed big.”
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading “Big jug full.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading ““Great idea!”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ““Great idea!”
a large bottle with a narrow mouth
From this reading “Big jug full.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “O-no-to-what-you-may-call-it water.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes?”
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Big jug full.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Jug too blamed big.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Big jug full.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “Great idea!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Great idea!
a large bottle with a narrow mouth
From this reading Big jug full.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O-no-to-what-you-may-call-it water.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Jug too blamed big.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading O-no-to-what-you-may-call-it water.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes?
Chapter 2 of Perkins of Portland: Perkins The Great by Ellis Parker Butler holds 482 sentences, grouped into 97 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 2 holds 482 sentences of Perkins of Portland: Perkins The Great, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
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