Chapter 3 of A China cup, and other stories for children is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of A China cup, and other stories for children is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder. 'Then it was all dream?' 'What?' 'The Little Old Man?' 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
Chapter 3 of A China cup, and other stories for children is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
From this reading “'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “'Then it was all dream?'”
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading “'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.”
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading “'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.”
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a man who is very old
In this reading “'The Little Old Man?'”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading 'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.
any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
From this reading 'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.
a youthful male person
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading 'Then it was all dream?'
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Then it was all dream?'
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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informal terms for a mother
From this reading 'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading 'The Little Old Man?'
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading 'The Little Old Man?'
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'The Little Old Man?'
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'Then it was all dream?'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Then it was all dream?'
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'What?'
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading 'Why, certainly it was;' and the mother tenderly kissed her boy.
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading 'Mamma?' asked Basil, with wonder.
Chapter 3 of A China cup, and other stories for children by F. (Feliks) Volkhovskii holds 460 sentences, grouped into 92 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 460 sentences of A China cup, and other stories for children, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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