Chapter 3 of Legend is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Legend is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, well, off we went! We had a carriage to ourselves. I was glad. I thought she might talk.” “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
Chapter 3 of Legend is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “We had a carriage to ourselves.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “I was glad.”
United States editor (1920-1993)
From this reading ““And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ““And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “We had a carriage to ourselves.”
with low volume
From this reading ““And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “I thought she might talk.””
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading ““And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I was glad.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
United States editor (1920-1993)
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was glad.
engage in
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I thought she might talk.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought she might talk.”
with low volume
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading I thought she might talk.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought she might talk.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We had a carriage to ourselves.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was glad.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Oh, well, off we went!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And you always tried to make her talk,” said Miss Howe softly.
Chapter 3 of Legend by Clemence Dane holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 433 sentences of Legend, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Legend by Clemence Dane exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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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