Chapter 3 of Jataka Tales is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Jataka Tales is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The monkey soon moved away from that tree. He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace. But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree. In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees. Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
Chapter 3 of Jataka Tales is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.”
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading “In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.”
large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
From this reading “He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.”
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading “In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.”
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading “The monkey soon moved away from that tree.”
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading “He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.”
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 “In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.”
run away from confinement
In this reading “He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading “He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.”
In this reading “He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.”
In this reading “But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.”
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 Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
set up or found
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading But the Crocodile found him, far down the river, living in another tree.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
in the near future
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The monkey soon moved away from that tree.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading He wanted to get away from the Crocodile, so that he might live in peace.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Half-way between the bank of the river and the island, a large rock rose out of the water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the middle of the river was an island covered with fruit-trees.
Chapter 3 of Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt holds 283 sentences, grouped into 57 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 283 sentences of Jataka Tales, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 283 sentences, grouped into 57 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 57 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 57 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 3 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 68 minutes of reading across 164 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Jataka Tales section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Jataka Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
