Chapter 4 of The Little Warrior is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Little Warrior is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue. She was greatly concerned. “Did you _write_ the play?” The man nodded. “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
Chapter 4 of The Little Warrior is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading “She was greatly concerned.”
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading “She was greatly concerned.”
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
From this reading “Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.”
stricken with horror
From this reading ““You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.”
make a break in
From this reading “Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “The man nodded.”
hard to endure
From this reading “Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.”
produce a literary work
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading She was greatly concerned.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you _write_ the play?”
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading She was greatly concerned.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
stricken with horror
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
make a break in
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man nodded.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading The man nodded.
participate in games or sport
From this reading “Did you _write_ the play?”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was greatly concerned.
express in speech
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “You are quite right to speak in that horrified tone.
hard to endure
From this reading Jill had been trying to interrupt the harangue.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was greatly concerned.
produce a literary work
From this reading “Did you _write_ the play?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you _write_ the play?”
Chapter 4 of The Little Warrior by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 4 holds 402 sentences of The Little Warrior, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Little Warrior by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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