Chapter 7 of The Dingo Boys is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Dingo Boys is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Nonsense!" cried Norman. "Come and have a good breakfast. Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better." "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself. "Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.
Chapter 7 of The Dingo Boys is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
From this reading “"Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.”
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
From this reading “Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “"Nonsense!" cried Norman.”
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading “"Nonsense!" cried Norman.”
a full supply
From this reading “Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."”
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading “"Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.”
a woolen cap of Scottish origin
From this reading “"Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Come and have a good breakfast.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Come and have a good breakfast.
any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god
From this reading "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.
a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
From this reading "Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading "Come and have a good breakfast.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come and have a good breakfast.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Nonsense!" cried Norman.
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
From this reading Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Come and have a good breakfast.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Come and have a good breakfast.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading "Nonsense!" cried Norman.
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading "Nonsense!" cried Norman.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.
a full supply
From this reading Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.
a woolen cap of Scottish origin
From this reading "Boomer mumkull Tam o' Shanter.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Baal damper--baal big tea," said the black, rubbing himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Plenty damper, plenty tea, and you'll be better."
Chapter 7 of The Dingo Boys by George Manville Fenn holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 7 holds 434 sentences of The Dingo Boys, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Dingo Boys by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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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