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Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Beasts and Super-Beasts is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Saki • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

“By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

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Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter VI

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Beasts and Super-Beasts is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

“If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice. “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.” As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention. The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord. And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

Beasts and Super-Beasts

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Beasts and Super-Beasts is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

Line 2

“By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

Line 3

As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

Line 4

The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

Line 5

And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

All words in this reading · 75

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a

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

accord

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

And

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

another

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

any

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

are

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

As

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

at

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

attached

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

be

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

become

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

but

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

by-election

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

By-elections

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

charges

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

collapsed

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

colleagues

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

defiance

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

desirable

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

fact

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

feeding

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

had

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

happier

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

he

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

himself

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

his

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

hopeful

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

If

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

in

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

infant

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

inflection

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

insists

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

intervention

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

its

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

jaguar

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

keepers

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

majority

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

matter

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

may

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

mother's

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

must

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

nation

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

newspapers

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

north

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

not

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

of

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

on

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

one

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

outside

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

own

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

peacefully

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

present

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

relief

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

returned

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

said

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

selfish

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

sense

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

so

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

strike

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

that

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

the

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

their

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

then

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

there

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

they

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

things

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

to

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

turned

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From this reading And then the nation and the newspapers turned with a sense of relief to happier things.

very

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

voice

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

we

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From this reading “By-elections are not very desirable at present, but we must not be selfish.”

wishes

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

with

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From this reading “If he insists on feeding the infant jaguar himself, in defiance of its mother’s wishes, there may be another by-election in the north,” said one of his colleagues, with a hopeful inflection in his voice.

without

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From this reading As a matter of fact the strike collapsed peacefully without any outside intervention.

work

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From this reading The majority of the keepers had become so attached to their charges that they returned to work of their own accord.

Chapter 6 of Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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Chapter 6 holds 167 sentences of Beasts and Super-Beasts, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Beasts and Super-Beasts

Words and structures a reader meets early in Beasts and Super-Beasts, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Window: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Beasts and Super-Beasts; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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