Chapter 18 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Fiddle, faddle, feedle, fuddle! Was there ever such a muddle? Fuddle, feedle, faddle, fiddle! Who is there will solve the riddle? Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.
Chapter 18 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.”
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
From this reading “Fiddle, faddle, feedle, fuddle!”
make stupid with alcohol
From this reading “Fiddle, faddle, feedle, fuddle!”
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading “Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.”
for more time
From this reading “Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.”
a confused multitude of things
From this reading “Was there ever such a muddle?”
pierce with many holes
From this reading “Who is there will solve the riddle?”
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
From this reading “Who is there will solve the riddle?”
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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 Was there ever such a muddle?
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.
at any time
From this reading Was there ever such a muddle?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fiddle, faddle, feedle, fuddle!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fiddle, faddle, feedle, fuddle!
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
From this reading Fiddle, faddle, feedle, fuddle!
make stupid with alcohol
From this reading Fiddle, faddle, feedle, fuddle!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who is there will solve the riddle?
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.
for more time
From this reading Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.
a confused multitude of things
From this reading Was there ever such a muddle?
not any; not one
From this reading Here was the Laughing Brook laughing no longer.
pierce with many holes
From this reading Who is there will solve the riddle?
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
From this reading Who is there will solve the riddle?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Was there ever such a muddle?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Who is there will solve the riddle?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Was there ever such a muddle?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was there ever such a muddle?
which person or people
From this reading Who is there will solve the riddle?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Who is there will solve the riddle?
Chapter 18 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 47 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 18 holds 47 sentences of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 47 sentences, grouped into 10 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.
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