Chapter 5 of Rhymes and Jingles is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Rhymes and Jingles is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul. And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick! Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all! Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha! I declare.
Chapter 5 of Rhymes and Jingles is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
young bird especially of domestic fowl
From this reading “And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!”
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “I declare.”
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.”
arrange in a container
From this reading “Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.”
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!”
plural of “torpedo” — a professional killer who uses a gun
From this reading “Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!”
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.
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 Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.
(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 Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!
young bird especially of domestic fowl
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading I declare.
someone who is a detective
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I declare.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!
arrange in a container
From this reading Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading Here's a dollar for Johnny, a dollar for Paul.
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
plural of “torpedo” — a professional killer who uses a gun
From this reading Now _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for a pack, And _that's_ for torpedoes and snappers and all!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now Robbie and Willie,--you boys with "real" pockets; Ha, ha!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And you, little Dick, Come to father my chick!
Chapter 5 of Rhymes and Jingles by Mary Mapes Dodge holds 366 sentences, grouped into 74 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 5 holds 366 sentences of Rhymes and Jingles, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Rhymes and Jingles by Mary Mapes Dodge exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 366 sentences, grouped into 74 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.
Work through the 74 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 74 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 152 minutes of reading across 367 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Rhymes and Jingles section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Rhymes and Jingles, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
