Chapter 3 of The sunny side is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The sunny side is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter. "Very well, sir." "No, not the mother. That was something else. Forget all about that mother.
Chapter 3 of The sunny side is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Forget all about that mother.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “"Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.”
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
From this reading “"Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “"Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “"Very well, sir."”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “That was something else.”
(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 “"Very well, sir."”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Forget all about that mother.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Forget all about that mother.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That was something else.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Forget all about that mother.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, not the mother.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, not the mother.
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Very well, sir."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading That was something else.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was something else.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Ask him to ring up his mother," said the porter.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very well, sir."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was something else.
(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 "Very well, sir."
Chapter 3 of The sunny side by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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 3 holds 454 sentences of The sunny side, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The sunny side by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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