Chapter 3 of Actions and reactions is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Actions and reactions is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What at?” “This!” He waved his hand round the one room. “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.” “Ah!”
Chapter 3 of Actions and reactions is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading ““I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.””
participate in games or sport
From this reading ““I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.””
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “He waved his hand round the one room.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “He waved his hand round the one room.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.””
up to a particular time
From this reading ““I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.””
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “He waved his hand round the one room.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading ““I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.””
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anew
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “What at?”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
participate in games or sport
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This!”
up to a particular time
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading He waved his hand round the one room.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What at?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “I must have something to play with till I'm fit for work again.”
Chapter 3 of Actions and reactions by Rudyard Kipling holds 217 sentences, grouped into 44 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 217 sentences of Actions and reactions, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Actions and reactions by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 217 sentences, grouped into 44 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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