Chapter 4 of Poppy Ott and the stuttering parrot is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Poppy Ott and the stuttering parrot is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night. First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed. Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland. But old Doc was out of town. So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
Chapter 4 of Poppy Ott and the stuttering parrot is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.”
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading “So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.”
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.”
harmed
From this reading “So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
be careful, prudent, or watchful
In this reading “So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.”
In this reading “So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.
(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 First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But old Doc was out of town.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.
harmed
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But old Doc was out of town.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
carry out
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then we sent a hurry-up call for Doc Leland.
in or at that place or location
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So we had to get busy and take care of the injured man ourselves.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading But old Doc was out of town.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But old Doc was out of town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading First of all we got the old detective into the Cap’n’s bed.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading OUR NEW CHUM Well, there wasn’t any more sleep for us _that_ night.
Chapter 4 of Poppy Ott and the stuttering parrot by Leo Edwards holds 239 sentences, grouped into 48 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 239 sentences of Poppy Ott and the stuttering parrot, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
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