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Beasts and Super-Beasts

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Beasts and Super-Beasts is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Saki • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 14 of Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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.

What does chapter 14 of Beasts and Super-Beasts contain?

Chapter 14 holds 176 sentences of Beasts and Super-Beasts, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 14 of Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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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Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Vocabulary met early in Beasts and Super-Beasts

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“Won’t it go?”
said Eshley.
“If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.
I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.
Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Beasts and Super-Beasts

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Beasts and Super-Beasts is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Won’t it go?”
Line 2
said Eshley.
Line 3
“If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.
Line 4
I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.
Line 5
Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.”

Velmora curated lexicon
Memory noun US /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading “Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.”

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All words in this reading · 65

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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about

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From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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Adela

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From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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after

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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afternoon

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From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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all

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From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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an

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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and

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From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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angrily

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From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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anxious

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From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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Anything

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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at

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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attack

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From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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chat

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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come

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From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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cook

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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down

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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escaped

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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Eshley

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From this reading said Eshley.

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from

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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garden

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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go

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Won’t it go?”

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have

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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having

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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her

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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here

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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housemaid

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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how

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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I

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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I'm

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

Pending verification
If

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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in

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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is

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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it

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Won’t it go?”

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large

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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learned

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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life

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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lying

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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may

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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my

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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neuralgia

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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not

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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now

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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or

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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out

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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ox

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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Pingsford

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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practically

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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rather

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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remove

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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said

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From this reading said Eshley.

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school

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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seems

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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should

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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small

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From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Anything that I may have learned at school or in after life about how to remove a large ox from a small garden seems to have escaped from my memory now.

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the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I’m practically all alone; the housemaid is having her afternoon out and the cook is lying down with an attack of neuralgia.

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to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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was

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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Won't

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From this reading “Won’t it go?”

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you

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From this reading “If it was anxious to go,” said Adela Pingsford rather angrily, “I should not have come here to chat with you about it.

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