Chapter 3 of A Japanese Nightingale is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of A Japanese Nightingale is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_How_ you change!" She sighed with beatific delight. Jack growled. "Dear me! I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.
Chapter 3 of A Japanese Nightingale is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “"_How_ you change!"”
dearly loved
From this reading “"Dear me!”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “She sighed with beatific delight.”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading “Jack growled.”
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading “I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Jack growled.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “She sighed with beatific delight.”
a special situation
From this reading “I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.”
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experiencing or bestowing celestial joy
From this reading She sighed with beatific delight.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading "_How_ you change!"
dearly loved
From this reading "Dear me!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading She sighed with beatific delight.
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading Jack growled.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_How_ you change!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack growled.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Dear me!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sighed with beatific delight.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading She sighed with beatific delight.
a special situation
From this reading I thing you grown more nize-loogin," she said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She sighed with beatific delight.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_How_ you change!"
Chapter 3 of A Japanese Nightingale by Onoto Watanna holds 451 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 451 sentences of A Japanese Nightingale, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of A Japanese Nightingale by Onoto Watanna exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 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.
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