Chapter 6 of John of the Woods is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of John of the Woods is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
John laughed. "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said. "My father and I have been talking together. We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there." "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
Chapter 6 of John of the Woods is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “"And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “"Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.”
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading “"And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “John laughed.”
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading “"Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “"My father and I have been talking together.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “"Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "My father and I have been talking together.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "My father and I have been talking together.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "My father and I have been talking together.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "My father and I have been talking together.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading John laughed.
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading John laughed.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My father and I have been talking together.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
in the near future
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading "My father and I have been talking together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading "My father and I have been talking together.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading We must soon go back to our woods and our little friends there."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "And what would become of the Animal Kingdom then?" he said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, you must not go!" gasped the Prince, turning pale.
Chapter 6 of John of the Woods by Abbie Farwell Brown holds 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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 6 holds 453 sentences of John of the Woods, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of John of the Woods by Abbie Farwell Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
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