Chapter 40 of Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From is here in full — 73 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From is here in full — 73 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion. "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan. "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep. There's no living with him." "Some day it'll come," said Dennis cheerfully.
Chapter 40 of Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From is here in full — 73 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a cheerful manner
From this reading “"Some day it'll come," said Dennis cheerfully.”
with confidence; in a confident manner
From this reading “REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.”
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
From this reading “REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.”
an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
From this reading “REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.”
on the negative side or lower end of a scale
From this reading “REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.”
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading “REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.”
a discussion intended to produce an agreement
From this reading “"He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.”
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading “REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.”
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
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From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
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From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
in a cheerful manner
From this reading "Some day it'll come," said Dennis cheerfully.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Some day it'll come," said Dennis cheerfully.
with confidence; in a confident manner
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Some day it'll come," said Dennis cheerfully.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
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From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
nervous and unable to relax
From this reading "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.
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From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
the act of departing
From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
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From this reading "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's no living with him."
an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.
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From this reading "Some day it'll come," said Dennis cheerfully.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading There's no living with him."
on the negative side or lower end of a scale
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
easily agitated
From this reading "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no living with him."
above and across; more than
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
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From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.
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From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Some day it'll come," said Dennis cheerfully.
a discussion intended to produce an agreement
From this reading "He's nervous, he's fidgety, he talks in his sleep.
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no living with him."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Skippy's going to the bad," he said to Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading REALITY MINUS HIPPO THANKSGIVING over, Snorky confidently waited the explosion.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There's no living with him."
Chapter 40 of Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From by Owen Johnson holds 73 sentences, grouped into 15 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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