Chapter 7 of The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys. Po' little lamb. Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb. You gwine t' have to-morrer sho'? Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
Chapter 7 of The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the time you go to bed
From this reading “LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.”
a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading “Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.”
young sheep
From this reading “Po' little lamb.”
a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
From this reading “LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.”
enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
From this reading “Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.”
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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 Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.
the time you go to bed
From this reading LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
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From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You gwine t' have to-morrer sho'?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You gwine t' have to-morrer sho'?
young sheep
From this reading Po' little lamb.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
From this reading LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
engage in
From this reading Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
not any; not one
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.
a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor
From this reading Po' little lamb.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading LULLABY Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
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From this reading You gwine t' have to-morrer sho'?
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading You gwine t' have to-morrer sho'?
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From this reading Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.
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From this reading You gwine t' have to-morrer sho'?
enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, you tole me dat befo', Don't you fool me, chile, no mo', Po' little lamb.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You gwine t' have to-morrer sho'?
Chapter 7 of The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar holds 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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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