Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her. 'My boy!' It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion. Ogden failed to do so. He wriggled roughly from the embrace.
Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 40/153 · 5 reading units · Lines 196–200
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high in price or charging high prices
From this reading “She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.”
move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading “It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.”
with neatness
From this reading “It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.”
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
From this reading “She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.”
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
From this reading “He wriggled roughly from the embrace.”
make a dry crackling sound
From this reading “She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.”
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.”
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading “It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.”
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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 She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
a youthful male person
From this reading 'My boy!'
past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Ogden failed to do so.
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
From this reading He wriggled roughly from the embrace.
any strong feeling
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
every person
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
high in price or charging high prices
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Ogden failed to do so.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He wriggled roughly from the embrace.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wriggled roughly from the embrace.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
shop selling women's hats
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'My boy!'
with neatness
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
From this reading He wriggled roughly from the embrace.
make a dry crackling sound
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Ogden failed to do so.
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading It is not given to everybody to glide neatly into a scene of tense emotion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He wriggled roughly from the embrace.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She descended on Ogden in a swirl and rustle of expensive millinery, and clasped him to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wriggled roughly from the embrace.
Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 768 sentences, grouped into 154 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 1 holds 768 sentences of The Little Nugget, unabridged, divided into 154 reading sections.
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