Chapter 3 of Born to Wander is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Born to Wander is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man. `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?' "So he chased her away. "Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's. "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
Chapter 3 of Born to Wander is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a person who is being chased
From this reading “"So he chased her away.”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “"Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.”
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “"`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.”
flesh of a lobster
From this reading “"`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.”
plural of “prawn” — any of various edible decapod crustaceans
From this reading “"`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.”
plural of “rag” — a small piece of cloth or paper
From this reading “`Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'”
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
From this reading “"`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “`Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'”
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.
a late time of life
In this reading “`Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'”
a woman who is old
In this reading “"Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.”
In this reading “"Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “"`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
how long something has existed
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "So he chased her away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
a person who is being chased
From this reading "So he chased her away.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading "Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "So he chased her away.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "So he chased her away.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
flesh of a lobster
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
plural of “prawn” — any of various edible decapod crustaceans
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
plural of “rag” — a small piece of cloth or paper
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So he chased her away.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "`I want,' she said, `some nice fresh salmon, and some nice prawns, and a delicious lobster.
which person or people
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
in the company of; together with
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Then the old woman crept away to the fishmonger's.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading `Who would trust the like of you, with your old age and your rags?'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "`Oh! get out of here with your "buts,"' cried the man.
Chapter 3 of Born to Wander by Gordon Stables holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 3 holds 443 sentences of Born to Wander, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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