Chapter 1 of Uncle Wiggily's Travels is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Uncle Wiggily's Travels is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole. "Oh! Oh dear! Oh me! Oh my!" cried Uncle Wiggily.
Chapter 1 of Uncle Wiggily's Travels is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 54/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 266–270
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Oh my!" cried Uncle Wiggily.”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.”
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading “So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “Oh my!" cried Uncle Wiggily.”
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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 So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
(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 So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Oh my!" cried Uncle Wiggily.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh dear!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
the act of departing
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
an opening into or through something
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh me!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh my!" cried Uncle Wiggily.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
successive (without a break)
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading So he kept straight on, and all of a sudden he felt himself going down into a big hole.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Oh my!" cried Uncle Wiggily.
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From this reading Oh my!" cried Uncle Wiggily.
Chapter 1 of Uncle Wiggily's Travels by Howard Roger Garis holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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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