Chapter 5 of The Little Warrior is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of The Little Warrior is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I remember the incident now. A mere misunderstanding. I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.” “You were always doing things like that. Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
Chapter 5 of The Little Warrior is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
let fall to the ground
From this reading “Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!”
a single distinct event
From this reading ““I remember the incident now.”
being nothing more than specified
From this reading “A mere misunderstanding.”
putting the wrong interpretation on
From this reading “A mere misunderstanding.”
a small lake
From this reading “Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!”
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
From this reading “Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!”
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading “I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A mere misunderstanding.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “You were always doing things like that.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “You were always doing things like that.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I remember the incident now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
a single distinct event
From this reading “I remember the incident now.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “You were always doing things like that.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
being nothing more than specified
From this reading A mere misunderstanding.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
putting the wrong interpretation on
From this reading A mere misunderstanding.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “I remember the incident now.
on one occasion
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
above and across; more than
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
a small lake
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
To recall to mind.
From this reading “I remember the incident now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You were always doing things like that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I remember the incident now.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “You were always doing things like that.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You were always doing things like that.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Once you held me over the pond and threatened to drop me into the water—in the winter!
in the company of; together with
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I had done with the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.”
Chapter 5 of The Little Warrior by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 407 sentences of The Little Warrior, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Little Warrior by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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