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.
'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia. 'Oh, you've had no lunch either! I was forgetting that.' 'I thought you were.' 'You must both lunch 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 52/153 · 5 reading units · Lines 256–260
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(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 “'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “'Oh, you've had no lunch either!”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “I was forgetting that.'”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “'Oh, you've had no lunch either!”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “'You must both lunch here.'”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “'I thought you were.'”
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the two together, not just one
From this reading 'You must both lunch here.'
(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 'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.
one or the other of two
From this reading 'Oh, you've had no lunch either!
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading I was forgetting that.'
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'Oh, you've had no lunch either!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading 'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was forgetting that.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.
take the midday meal
From this reading 'Oh, you've had no lunch either!
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading 'You must both lunch here.'
not any; not one
From this reading 'Oh, you've had no lunch either!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh, you've had no lunch either!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'I'll have _mine_ here,' said Cynthia.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I was forgetting that.'
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading 'I thought you were.'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was forgetting that.'
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'I thought you were.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I thought you were.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Oh, you've had no lunch either!
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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