Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Something had to be done. Jerry Muskrat said so. Grandfather Frog said so. Billy Mink said so. Little Joe Otter said so.
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Billy Mink said so.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Something had to be done.”
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading “Grandfather Frog said so.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “Grandfather Frog said so.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “Jerry Muskrat said so.”
the expensive fur of a mink
From this reading “Billy Mink said so.”
the brown fur of a muskrat
From this reading “Jerry Muskrat said so.”
the fur of an otter
From this reading “Little Joe Otter said so.”
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 with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Something had to be done.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Billy Mink said so.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Something had to be done.
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading Grandfather Frog said so.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading Grandfather Frog said so.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Something had to be done.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading Jerry Muskrat said so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Little Joe Otter said so.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Little Joe Otter said so.
the expensive fur of a mink
From this reading Billy Mink said so.
the brown fur of a muskrat
From this reading Jerry Muskrat said so.
the fur of an otter
From this reading Little Joe Otter said so.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Jerry Muskrat said so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Jerry Muskrat said so.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something had to be done.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Something had to be done.
Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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 11 holds 48 sentences of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
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