Chapter 10 of Blind mice is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Blind mice is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I _ain’t_ a bad boy! You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!” “Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.” “It ain’t true, neither. You’re a story to say what ain’t true about me.”
Chapter 10 of Blind mice is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading ““I _ain’t_ a bad boy!”
a youthful male person
From this reading ““I _ain’t_ a bad boy!”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading ““It ain’t true, neither.”
express in words
From this reading “You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!””
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “You’re a story to say what ain’t true about me.””
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading ““Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.””
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ““Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.””
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!””
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In this reading ““I _ain’t_ a bad boy!”
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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 “I _ain’t_ a bad boy!
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You’re a story to say what ain’t true about me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I _ain’t_ a bad boy!
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “I _ain’t_ a bad boy!
a youthful male person
From this reading “I _ain’t_ a bad boy!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I _ain’t_ a bad boy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You’re a story to say what ain’t true about me.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “It ain’t true, neither.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.”
express in words
From this reading You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading You’re a story to say what ain’t true about me.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You’re a story to say what ain’t true about me.”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, it’s true, or I wouldn’t say it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’re a bad woman to say I’m a bad boy!”
Chapter 10 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 10 holds 397 sentences of Blind mice, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Blind mice, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
