Chapter 2 of The tale of Grandfather Mole is here in full — 572 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The tale of Grandfather Mole is here in full — 572 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat. And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain. But it's certainly not my fault." "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him. "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
Chapter 2 of The tale of Grandfather Mole is here in full — 572 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.”
a feeling of craving something
From this reading “"Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.”
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading “"We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “"Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “"We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.”
a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading “"Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.”
the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “"We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.”
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading “"Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.”
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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 "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
a feeling of craving something
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading But it's certainly not my fault."
to consider or examine in speech or writing
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading But it's certainly not my fault."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
the act of departing
From this reading "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
the father of your father or mother
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it's certainly not my fault."
apprehended with certainty
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But it's certainly not my fault."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But it's certainly not my fault."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
accept an excuse for
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
a human being
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
(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 "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading "And since I don't want to get wet I'm going home....
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We won't discuss that," Grandfather Mole told him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And anyhow I'm sorry you're out in the rain.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Pardon me," said Mr. Meadow Mouse, "but I don't see how a person with your well known appetite can help growing fat.
Chapter 2 of The tale of Grandfather Mole by Arthur Scott Bailey holds 572 sentences, grouped into 115 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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