Chapter 3 of Bambi is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Bambi is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience. The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled. This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman. The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid. He couldn't grasp it.
Chapter 3 of Bambi is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
From this reading “This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.”
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading “At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.”
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading “The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid.”
hold firmly
From this reading “He couldn't grasp it.”
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., “monolingual” has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
From this reading “The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid.”
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading “The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.”
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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 This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He couldn't grasp it.
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
hold firmly
From this reading He couldn't grasp it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
the act of retaining something
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., “monolingual” has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
From this reading The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He couldn't grasp it.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The Professor had never dreamed of such a hybrid.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the end of the first act he stopped and looked at the faces of his audience.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Professor was awake and deeply puzzled.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading This strange young man was holding up to his view a perfectly strange anomaly which he called a woman.
Chapter 3 of Bambi by Marjorie Benton Cooke holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 401 sentences of Bambi, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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