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.
'Oh, all right.' 'Then stay by me, angel-face.' 'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath. 'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added. It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 50/153 · 5 reading units · Lines 246–250
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
From this reading “It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.”
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading “It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.”
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading “It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath.”
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading “It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.”
make a splashing sound
From this reading “'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath.”
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.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading 'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading 'Oh, all right.'
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Then stay by me, angel-face.'
concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading 'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading 'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 'Then stay by me, angel-face.'
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading 'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading 'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Then stay by me, angel-face.'
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading 'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh, all right.'
precisely, exactly
From this reading 'Oh, all right.'
express in words
From this reading 'Say, I'm darned hungry,' he added.
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
make a splashing sound
From this reading 'Oh, slush!' muttered angel-face beneath his breath.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading 'Then stay by me, angel-face.'
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'Then stay by me, angel-face.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was if an electric shock had been applied to Mrs Ford.
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.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 768 sentences, grouped into 154 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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