Chapter 9 of Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper. "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned. A few peanuts are not worth it. We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire. Come away!"
Chapter 9 of Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “balloon” — large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
From this reading “TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.”
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading “"I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.”
possessive form of “elephant” — five-toed pachyderm
From this reading “TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “"I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.”
someone in charge of other people
From this reading “TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.”
by chance
From this reading “"I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.”
an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
From this reading “A few peanuts are not worth it.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.”
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 "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
(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 "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A few peanuts are not worth it.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
plural of “balloon” — large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
possessive form of “elephant” — five-toed pachyderm
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few peanuts are not worth it.
start firing a weapon
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A few peanuts are not worth it.
someone in charge of other people
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
by chance
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
the force of workers available
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A few peanuts are not worth it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount
From this reading A few peanuts are not worth it.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading TUM TUM AND THE BALLOONS "Come away, Tum Tum!" cried the elephant's keeper.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll let some of the tent men put out the fire.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading A few peanuts are not worth it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I don't want you getting all excited about a fire, and maybe burned.
Chapter 9 of Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant by Richard Barnum holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 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 9 holds 119 sentences of Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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