Chapter 5 of Christmas Entertainments is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Christmas Entertainments is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Prince_: Red Pepper! How dare you call me that? _Head Cook_: Eh? _Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper? _Head Cook_: You?
Chapter 5 of Christmas Entertainments 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
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “How dare you call me that?”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “_Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper?”
prepare a hot meal
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “How dare you call me that?”
add pepper to
From this reading “_Prince_: Red Pepper!”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “_Prince_: Red Pepper!”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “_Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper?”
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.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading How dare you call me that?
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading _Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper?
prepare a hot meal
From this reading _Head Cook_: Eh?
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading How dare you call me that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Head Cook_: Eh?
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading _Head Cook_: Eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How dare you call me that?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How dare you call me that?
add pepper to
From this reading _Prince_: Red Pepper!
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading _Prince_: Red Pepper!
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading _Prince_: Red Pepper!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How dare you call me that?
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading _Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper?
which person or people
From this reading _Prince_: Who told you I was called Red Pepper?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How dare you call me that?
Chapter 5 of Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg 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 5 holds 419 sentences of Christmas Entertainments, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg 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.
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About 162 minutes of reading across 390 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Christmas Entertainments section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 5 chapters of Christmas Entertainments to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Christmas Entertainments, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
