Chapter 1 of Proud and Lazy: A Story for Little Folks is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Proud and Lazy: A Story for Little Folks is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC. PROUD AND LAZY. Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy. He was very proud and very lazy. He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
Chapter 1 of Proud and Lazy: A Story for Little Folks is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.”
moving slowly and gently
From this reading “PROUD AND LAZY.”
be obedient to
From this reading “He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.”
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading “He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.”
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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 Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
anew
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
(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 AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
a youthful male person
From this reading Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was very proud and very lazy.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
moving slowly and gently
From this reading PROUD AND LAZY.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
be obedient to
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
and nothing more
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He seemed to think he was a great man, and that other people lived only to serve and obey him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
precisely as stated
From this reading He was very proud and very lazy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tommy Woggs was a funny little boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "THE BOAT CLUB," "ALL ABOARD," "NOW OR NEVER," "TRY AGAIN," "POOR AND PROUD," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," ETC., ETC.
Chapter 1 of Proud and Lazy: A Story for Little Folks by Oliver Optic holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
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