Chapter 21 of Blind mice is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Blind mice is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.” Lucy gazed blankly at her mother. “Oh, no! Of course you haven’t! You know a great deal better than I do.
Chapter 21 of Blind mice is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course you haven’t!”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “You know a great deal better than I do.”
superlative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading ““I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.””
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ““I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.””
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ““I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.””
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 ““I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.””
In this reading “You know a great deal better than I do.”
as might be expected
In this reading “Of course you haven’t!”
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 You know a great deal better than I do.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading You know a great deal better than I do.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course you haven’t!
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading You know a great deal better than I do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You know a great deal better than I do.
superlative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading You know a great deal better than I do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know a great deal better than I do.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Lucy gazed blankly at her mother.
not any; not one
From this reading “Oh, no!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course you haven’t!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, no!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading You know a great deal better than I do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I haven’t the faintest idea what you mean.”
Chapter 21 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 21 holds 419 sentences of Blind mice, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Blind mice by C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 can be played aloud in United States English.
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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About 600 minutes of reading across 1802 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Blind mice section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Blind mice, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
