Chapter 10 of The Joyous Story of Toto is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Joyous Story of Toto is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto. “Did you hear any more like it? I wish I had that red book! Did the boy look as nice as his sister? What was his name?”
Chapter 10 of The Joyous Story of Toto is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “I wish I had that red book!”
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading ““OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Did the boy look as nice as his sister?”
wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
From this reading ““OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading ““OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “I wish I had that red book!”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Did the boy look as nice as his sister?”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading ““OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.”
In this reading ““Did you hear any more like it?”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “Did you hear any more like it?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Did the boy look as nice as his sister?
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading I wish I had that red book!
a youthful male person
From this reading Did the boy look as nice as his sister?
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you hear any more like it?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wish I had that red book!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Did you hear any more like it?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Did the boy look as nice as his sister?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish I had that red book!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Did you hear any more like it?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Did you hear any more like it?
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Did the boy look as nice as his sister?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Did you hear any more like it?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What was his name?”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Did the boy look as nice as his sister?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading I wish I had that red book!
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Did the boy look as nice as his sister?
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I wish I had that red book!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Did the boy look as nice as his sister?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was his name?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “OH! what a delightful story, Pigeon Pretty!” cried Toto.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish I had that red book!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you hear any more like it?
Chapter 10 of The Joyous Story of Toto by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 10 holds 123 sentences of The Joyous Story of Toto, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Joyous Story of Toto by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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.
Work through the 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 189 minutes of reading across 456 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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