Chapter 7 of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel. As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave. The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming. "Who is it?" he asked, impatiently. "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
Chapter 7 of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a place of worship that has its own altar
From this reading “So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.”
giving a Christian name at baptism
From this reading “The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.”
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading “"Who is it?" he asked, impatiently.”
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading “"Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."”
comparative of “poor” — deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “"Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."”
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading “As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.”
United States poet (1928-1974)
From this reading “The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.”
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 fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll
In this reading “"Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.”
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 The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Who is it?" he asked, impatiently.
a place of worship that has its own altar
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
a young person of either sex
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
giving a Christian name at baptism
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
an idle worthless person
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Who is it?" he asked, impatiently.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading "Who is it?" he asked, impatiently.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who is it?" he asked, impatiently.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Who is it?" he asked, impatiently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
and nothing more
From this reading As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.
go away from a place
From this reading As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
and nothing more
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
an organization to gain political power
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
comparative of “poor” — deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.
United States poet (1928-1974)
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Oh, it's only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As they arrived the priest was just ready to leave.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading So Lukas gave her the child and together they went on to the chapel.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading The sexton hurried up to him and whispered that a christening party was coming.
which person or people
From this reading "Who is it?" he asked, impatiently.
Chapter 7 of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 7 holds 422 sentences of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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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