Chapter 12 of Blind mice is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Blind mice is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Why, are you sick?” Lucy faced her mother quickly. “No-o. Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion. “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
Chapter 12 of Blind mice is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading “Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.”
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading “Lucy faced her mother quickly.”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Lucy faced her mother quickly.”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.”
with speed
From this reading “Lucy faced her mother quickly.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading ““Why, are you sick?””
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading “Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.”
In this reading “Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
any thing at all
From this reading “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Why, are you sick?”
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading Lucy faced her mother quickly.
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lucy faced her mother quickly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
and nothing more
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Lucy faced her mother quickly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Lucy faced her mother quickly.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No-o.
with speed
From this reading Lucy faced her mother quickly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “Why, are you sick?”
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
express in words
From this reading “You didn’t tell me anything about it,” said Lucy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, are you sick?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Just a slight headache, that’s all,” murmured Nannie with some confusion.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why, are you sick?”
Chapter 12 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 12 holds 409 sentences of Blind mice, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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