Chapter 5 of The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out. 'Well?' he said, not very cordially. 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man. 'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker. 'It's a coincidence.
Chapter 5 of The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.”
a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
From this reading “'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.”
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
From this reading “'It's a coincidence.”
in a hearty manner
From this reading “'Well?' he said, not very cordially.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.”
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
From this reading 'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
From this reading 'It's a coincidence.
in a hearty manner
From this reading 'Well?' he said, not very cordially.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Well?' he said, not very cordially.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'It's a coincidence.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'Well?' he said, not very cordially.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading 'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'Well?' he said, not very cordially.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading 'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The man rang a bell, and the door opened, and an old man came out.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
precisely as stated
From this reading 'Well?' he said, not very cordially.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading 'Well?' he said, not very cordially.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I thought you might want to buy a good watch-dog,' said the man.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Well, that's queer, your saying that,' said the caretaker.
Chapter 5 of The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 410 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.
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