Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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.
And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned? I'm starving.' Mrs Ford rose. Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly. 'My dear child!
Chapter 1 of The Little Nugget is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 74/153 · 5 reading units · Lines 366–370
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading “Mrs Ford rose.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?”
past form of “mention” — make reference to
From this reading “And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?”
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading “And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “Mrs Ford rose.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “I'm starving.'”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
a young person of either sex
From this reading 'My dear child!
dearly loved
From this reading 'My dear child!
United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading Mrs Ford rose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm starving.'
take the midday meal
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
past form of “mention” — make reference to
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs Ford rose.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'My dear child!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Mrs Ford rose.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading I'm starving.'
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Half-way to the telephone she stopped suddenly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And now, won't you order that lunch you mentioned?
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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