Chapter 18 of Indian Tales is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Indian Tales is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Have you got it?" he panted. "Will you not let me look at it also? I swear that I will return it." "Got what? Return what?"
Chapter 18 of Indian Tales is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
in addition
From this reading “"Will you not let me look at it also?”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"Have you got it?" he panted.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Have you got it?" he panted.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Will you not let me look at it also?”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “"Will you not let me look at it also?”
past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “"Have you got it?" he panted.”
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “I swear that I will return it."”
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “I swear that I will return it."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in addition
From this reading "Will you not let me look at it also?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Will you not let me look at it also?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Have you got it?" he panted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you got it?" he panted.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Have you got it?" he panted.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I swear that I will return it."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Have you got it?" he panted.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Will you not let me look at it also?
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Will you not let me look at it also?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Will you not let me look at it also?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Will you not let me look at it also?
past form of “pant” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "Have you got it?" he panted.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading I swear that I will return it."
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading I swear that I will return it."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I swear that I will return it."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Got what?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will you not let me look at it also?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you got it?" he panted.
Chapter 18 of Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling holds 423 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 18 holds 423 sentences of Indian Tales, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 423 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.
Each of the 85 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Indian Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
