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 I
Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She sprang to her feet. 'My poor child! Of course you must have some lunch. Ring the bell, Cynthia. I'll have them send up some here.'
Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 51/153 · 5 reading units · Lines 251–255
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “Ring the bell, Cynthia.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “'My poor child!”
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
From this reading “Ring the bell, Cynthia.”
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading “She sprang to her feet.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “Of course you must have some lunch.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “Ring the bell, Cynthia.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “I'll have them send up some here.'”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “She sprang to her feet.”
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.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading Ring the bell, Cynthia.
a young person of either sex
From this reading 'My poor child!
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course you must have some lunch.
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
From this reading Ring the bell, Cynthia.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading She sprang to her feet.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Of course you must have some lunch.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sprang to her feet.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I'll have them send up some here.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll have them send up some here.'
take the midday meal
From this reading Of course you must have some lunch.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Of course you must have some lunch.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'My poor child!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course you must have some lunch.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading 'My poor child!
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Ring the bell, Cynthia.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading I'll have them send up some here.'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sprang to her feet.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Of course you must have some lunch.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading She sprang to her feet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ring the bell, Cynthia.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I'll have them send up some here.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She sprang to her feet.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I'll have them send up some here.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Of course you must have some lunch.
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.
Work through the 154 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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